In Death of a Salesmanby Arthur Miller, Willy states: "You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away- a man is not a piece of fruit!" What does...

"You can't eat the orange and throw the
peel away" is aand obviously a very poor one. That is exactly what you do with an
orange:you eat the orange and throw the peel away. You do the same thing with a banana. What
Willy means, although he didn't express himself correctly, is that you can't treat a man as
if he is an orange and toss the peel away after you have consumed all the
fruit. Eithermade a slip or else he wanted to have Willy express himself badly. If this faulty
metaphor is Willy's invention, then that would show that he is getting old, that he is highly
emotional during this interview, and that he doesn't understand the reality of modern-day
business under capitalism. Arthur Miller probably felt strongly that under capitalism people
like Willy only last as long as their employers can make a profit off of them and that they get
tossed aside heartlessly when they are no longer productive. Business is highly competitive. An
employer cannot afford to be softhearted. Business is business! In recent years we have seen
business of all sorts "downsizing" and "outsourcing" in ways and numbers
that would have been unimaginable in 1949 when the play was written. Americans by the millions
have lost their jobs--and we are told that a young person should be prepared to change careers
several times between entry into the work world and retirement. might be
called aof what is happening right now. "Robotization" is a threat that still remains
largely in the offing. Is anybody secure?