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Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

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Biff commits an original sin when working for Bill Oliver. What is it?

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Biff stole a fountain pen from Bill Oliver. He waited until Bill and his secretary were out of the room, took the fountain pen, ran, and never came back. He also lied about being a salesman, Biff was a shipping clerk.

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