American Buffalo | Topics for Further Study

Look at some current bestsellers that offer their readers techniques for success in the workplace: are any of the values or assumptions suggested by their authors like those held by the characters in American Buffalo?

Compare and contrast the business ideals of American Buffalo's characters with those found in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. How do characters in Miller's play (such as Willy, Ben, and Howard) offer the viewer attitudes about business similar to or different from those seen in Don and Teach?

Compare and contrast Mamet's depiction of...

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