Can School Assigned Books Really Relate To My Life?

Death of A Salesman is about a father and his life attempting to please his family and society around him. I may relate to this book in some ways, but it is a stretch. One way that I relate to this book is my want to be successful. Willy was a success at one point in his life and as he has gotten older, his life has dwindled away to almost nothing. I may try very hard to become successful when I am young and energetic. As I grow older, however, I may start to become lazy and give up on my job. If this happens, I could end up like Willy, struggling to make even one penny a day and losing my family more and more each minute. I read this book as a precautionary tale. I am working very hard right now to become a success later on in my life, similar to how Willy did. I learned that no matter how hard I try early on, I must keep working just as hard. Except if I invent the next pop tart that will fulfill your dietary needs for the day or become the next Bill Gates, I am not going to be making millions in my sleep. Success requires hard work.

Hard work: it's not for everyone