The Golden Years, 1940, tells the story of Cortes despoiling Mexico, as well as the effects of capitalism and fate on the individual. The Great Disobedience, 1938, makes a connection between the prison system and capitalism. Honors at Dawn, 1937, also centers around a strike and contrasting views of the economy, but focuses on an individual's inability to express himself. Miller's first play, No Villain, produced in 1936, explores Marxist theory and inner conflict through an individual facing ruin as a result of a strike. Miller's plays generally address social issues and center around an individual in a social dilemma, or an individual at the mercy of society. During this time, Miller has written twenty-six plays, a novel entitled Focus (1945), several travel journals, a collection of short stories entitled I Don't Need You Anymore (1967), and an autobiography entitled Timebends: A Life (1987).

Miller's prolific writing career spans a period of over sixty years. Miller died on February 10, 2005, of heart failure. Congress closed the Federal Theatre late in 1939. The Federal Theatre provided work for unemployed writers, actors, directors, and designers. After he left the University of Michigan, Miller wrote plays for the Federal Theatre in 1939. In addition to hosting a radio program, Miller held a variety of jobs during his early career. At school, he studied journalism, became the night editor of the Michigan Daily, and began experimenting with theater. Miller worked a variety of odd jobs - including hosting a radio program - before the University of Michigan accepted him. He applied to Cornell University and the University of Michigan, but both schools refused him admission. Miller graduated from high school in New York in 1933. Financial hardship compelled the Miller family to move to Brooklyn in 1929. Miller's father had established a successful clothing store upon coming to America, so the family enjoyed wealth however, this prosperity ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Arthur Miller was born in Harlem on October 17, 1915, the son of Polish immigrants, Isidore and Augusta Miller.

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