Poverty In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

Poverty is the condition in which a person lacks the sufficient income to be able to obtain certain levels of health care, food, housing, and education which are generally recognized as thing to live a standard life. In the year 2006 it was said that about “36.5 million Americans were living in poverty”("Poverty." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2016): 1p. 1. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.), which was based on annual income figures. This means that 36.5 million people just in America either were unemployed or lived off food stamps or were unable to get a full time job. It is very difficult to live like this, as the nation saw illustrated in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. Willy Loman, the protagonist, struggled with finances and couldn't live a standard life. Without money, he couldn't pay his household necessities like the refrigerator and this caused him great stress, which then led to bad decisions. Willy Loman knew, as many Americans do, that Albert Einstein was right when he once said “An empty stomach is not a good political adviser”.
Low income neighborhoods are lacking
The people can ask the city council for land that is unattended so they make a local farm where they can grow healthy fruits and vegetables. While they have their farm grow they can have volontaires go into the suburbs weekly where the supermarkets have moved to and buy food for those who are unable to get transportation, that way people can save money on gas and can spend more money on fruits and vegetables. People can also volunteer at organizations the Lynchburg grows, which is an organization that produces fresh produce and sells it in food deserts. The problem is not going to magically disappear so people have to work together to bring back equilibrium in poor