opportunity. The final scene of the play proves Biff has escaped his father's unrealistic view of .
the American Dream, when he releases the truth to his father's misconceptions.
Happy Loman is Willy and Linda's youngest son and Biff's younger brother. He is .
envious of Biff and has followed behind him throughout Biff's glory days in high school. Happy .
is most affected by his fathers perception of the American dream. He builds himself higher up in .
his job, other then what he actually portrays in the real world. This proves that he is trying to .
satisfy his father's insanity, by believing he has conquered the American Dream. Happy is living .
a life in relation to his father Willy. Willy has instilled all his beliefs and values in Happy, and .
Happy will continue to travel down the same path as Willy throughout his life. .
Charley is the Loman family's next-door neighbor, and has one son named Bernard. .
Charley is a successful businessman and is envied by Willy. Because of Willy's failure as a .
salesman, Charley loans Willy money to pay his bills. Through ambition and determination as a .
student, Bernard believed in achieving his goals through hard work. This was in direct .
opposition to Willy's beliefs on how the American Dream can be achieved. As a consequence of .
his hard work, Bernard has become a successful lawyer. Willy is jealous of his success, and .
resents his sons with stronger passion because of their failure of achieving the American Dream.
Ben, Willy's brother also plays a small role in emphasizing the American Dream. He is a .
reoccurring figure in Willy's daydreams. He portrays what Willy is striving to become, he is rich .
and successful. Willy continually regrets not accompanying Ben to Alaska, because Ben had .
made a fortune. .
This play is about the tragedy of disillusionment and the tragedy that the American .
Dream can cause. Willy Loman loses touch with reality and can not distinguish it from the .