Consider some of today's bestsellers that provide readers with strategies for achieving success in the workplace. Do any of the values or assumptions presented by these authors resemble those held by the characters in American Buffalo?

Examine the business principles of the characters in American Buffalo and compare them to those in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. How do characters in Miller's play, like Willy, Ben, and Howard, present perspectives on business that are either similar to or different from those of Don and Teach?

Assess Mamet's portrayal of "good business" in American Buffalo and compare it to that in his play Glengarry Glen Ross. How do both plays, when analyzed together, appear to construct a world where the mythology of American capitalism is amplified?

In Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, two tramps wait for a man named Godot who never shows up. In what ways is Beckett's Godot similar to Mamet's Fletcher? How are Don and Teach comparable to Vladimir and Estragon, Beckett's loyal yet uneasy tramps?