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had ushered in a prolonged period of uncertainty for those author Gertrude Stein referred to as "the lost generation," which only intensified following the devastating Great Depression. Man needed
to establish within himself a "raison detre" or a reason for being during those dark moments when inner anguish and self-doubt became overwhelming. Arthur Millers Willy Loman and Ernest
Hemingways Lt. Frederic Henry both represented the contention that a man needed to live by a particular code of conduct, which would sustain him during troubled times while at the
same time provide his life with the all-important meaning he needed to overcome adversity. They separated themselves from the puritanical ideals which have historically determined mans sense of morality
and pursued other alternatives. While both characters were skeptical about the existence of God, which is typical of modern literary protagonists and are grounded in their shared desire to
secure happiness for themselves, this is where the similarities end. Willy Loman is in his sixties and Frederic Henry is a young man, which perhaps explains their different codes
of conduct and the rewards they expected to receive from them. The Requiem of Death of a Salesman is riddled with irony, for after Willys suicide, the man who sought
popularity more than anything else was remembered in death only by his wife Linda and sons Biff and Happy. Willy dedicated his life to grabbing the American Dream with
both hands, but it proved to be elusive. His code of conduct was, essentially, that a man is measured by what others think of him. If he is
perceived by others - his family inner circle and by the outside world - as being a success, then instead of being a low man, Willy would be a great
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