A jest of God
The book "A Jest Of God" has many similarities and
differences with the book we read "The Death Of The
Salesman". These books has identical theme and conflicts
between these books. Also you can easily see the similarities
between the two book's main characters. Rachel from “A
Jest Of God” was an elementary school teacher who dreams
having many adventures in her life however her
responsibilities to her mother kept her away from doing this.
In the other hand, Willy from the “Death Of A Salesman”,
was an unemployed old man who hoped to restore his son’s
life because he feels he was the main cause of the
destruction of his career. Both character suffers from
constant hallucinations to escape of their sad life. Also both
character
The story of “The Death Of A Salesman” is about Willy
Loman, a father who deminish the chances of his son getting
into a good college. He later realized having affairs will
never have a good effect in life. Willy constantly returns to
his past life to escape his painful reality. He can’t see the
difference between fantasy and reality. He can’t understand
that being very successful in life is just a fantasy for him. No
matter how much you can hope, you can’t achieve
something until you take the matters into your hands.
The story of “A Jest of God” is about Rachel Cameron, a
elementary school teacher who lives in a dull adult life. She
lives with her mother since her father died. She never had a
man in her life until an old childhood school friend , Nick
Kazlik who came to visit the town to visit his parents. They
quickly becomes lovers and spend nights together .They
found themselves into trouble when Rachel realized her
period suddenly stop. Nick could not handle the
responsibilities of being a father so he took off cowardly
leaving her behind. Rachel later discovers that she was not
pregnant afterall. Rachel and her mother later moves into a
new place to live hoping to get a better life.
Each of the main characters of the books have many
similarities. Rachel and Willy both have a cruel reality.
Rachel who is stuck with her mother is desperately seeking
for the love of her of life. As for Willy, he never realized how
much effort must be taken to live well in life. Willy could
have done well in life if he saw his true talents not his
fantasy. Rachel also failed to see that life has challenges and
should make the best out of it. She could have seen that she
still have friends who cares for her very much. Both never
understand how to live their life into the fullest.
Nick is similar to the blonde whore in “The Death Of
The Salesman”. It’s only a game to use people to get
something that they want. They slept with other people
dispite the fact they don’t really cares for them a lot. Rachel
only slept with Nick hoping to improve their relationship. The
truth was that most men only wants sex not any kind of long
term relationship. Men are scared of relationships [next page]