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Personal Narrative: Death Of A Salesman
So far, Jeff is injured and in a wheel chair so he spends his time observing other people in his apartment complex. First thing that stood out to me was that lady pretending that she was greeting a man and having dinner with him. She was having an imaginary dinner but started to break down and cry because she was lonely. There was also the newly married couple that moved in across from him who he really enjoyed watching. But the biggest thing that stood out to me was how intently he watched the salesman who lived across him. The sales man would go out numerous times at odd hours with a suit case and we also saw him packing some knifes in a newspaper. He also had a fairly large chest in his bedroom who he paid two people to remove. Jeff believes

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