He was a playwright, he wrote over 15 plays, a novel, won a Pulitzer here and there, during his childhood, he lived under his older brother’s shadow, and also had 3 marriages. Sounds like a character from an Oscar winning movie, doesn’t it? Arthur Miller had his ups and downs, but always found a way to overcome his challenges. Miller, who is considered by many to be the pre-eminent playwright of the second half of the 20th century, wrote many great plays, as well as lived a great life. Arthur Miller had a regular family, had an older brother that seemed better than he was, and lived a very nice childhood playing sports. Well to tell the truth, he seemed to fit the criteria for an average boy. “Born into a happy and secure Jewish family on 112th Street, October 7, 1915, most of young Arthur’s struggles stemmed from his older brother Kermit” (Glassman, 7). Kermit was always better looking, more athletic and the more popular one at school; but then again aren’t all older brothers like that. Kermit then later became a salesman, which perhaps influenced the writing of the oldest son in Death of a Salesman. Also in the family were Isidore who was the father, Augusta who was the mother, and Joan who was his little sister. While growing up Miller never had a real interest in books and literature, but rather in sports. Miller’s interest in writing plays didn’t come to until he got into college. After graduating from high school, he tried to apply to the University of Michigan, but when he applied to the university, he was turned down until his third time with a convincing letter he sent to the admissions officer. “In his junior year Miller entered a college play writing contest, and to his surprise, won the first prize of $250” (Siebold, 15). While n college he wrote No Villain, Honors At Dawn, and The Great Disobedience. He won the Hopwood Award twice in his four-year college career. In the rest of his life, he spent it f…