In Death of a Traveling Salesman,Eudora Welty’s idyllic view on life in the countryside,her nostalgic feelings for the loss of the American Southern tradition,and her protest against the industrialization of the city life are demonstrated by compar ing the“alone”of the couple in the countryside and the“lonely”of R. J. Bowman as a traveling salesman in the city. In Death of a Traveling Salesman, Eudora Welty’s idyllic view on life in the countryside, her nostalgic feelings for the loss of the American Southern tradition, and her protest against the industrialization of the city life are demonstrated by compar ing the “alone” of the couple in the countryside and the “lonely ” of RJ Bowman as a traveling salesman in the city.