Arthur Miller's Impact On Society

Arthur Miller is a very popular author who wrote many books about communism. His beliefs

are very interesting and most importantly, affected people’s way of thinking effectively

throughout the years of his writings.

Something that was most important about Arthur Miller were the key events he experienced

in his life. “Arthur Miller is considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th

century. His best known plays include 'All My Sons, ' 'A View from the Bridge, ' 'The Crucible '

and the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Death of a Salesman. '” Arthur Miller’s family were very

successful, however lost pretty much everything when the stock market crashed in 1929. When

he knew he had to attend college, he wrote his first play ‘No

“He was

influenced by his experiences of the Wall Street Crash and Great Depression, which all but

destroyed his otherwise affluent parents.” “Miller considered the Great Depression to have had a

defining impact on American culture, one whose reach was comparable to that of the Civil War.”

Arthur Miller was later blacklisted in Hollywood because of his break with Elia Kazan about

deciding to give names of former members of the HUAC and refused to testify in front of them

in court. He had worked on many projects with Kazan, who had testified and identified members

or former members of the Communist Party, and Miller reportedly broke with Kazan over his

“friendly” testimony. Miller was under suspicion of being a Communist/sympathizer himself,

based on petitions that were signed and meetings that were attended back in the 1940s. “He was

said to be co-operative in all other aspects of the hearing but told the committee his conscience

would not permit him to give the names of others and bring possible trouble to them.”

To conclude, Arthur Miller has made life very different for not only himself but