No matter what an American accomplish, individually or collectively, it lies forever out of reach. Writer Anthony Brandt feels Americans set dreams too big to attain. In the play "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller it show how the American Dream blinds people and leaves them unable to see the faults of their dreams. The characters in "Death of a Salesman" can relate to Anthony Brandt's view on Americans. Willy Loman wholeheartedly believes that he will live out the American Dream of success and wealth. Him and sons strive for this all of Willy's life but never achieve it. On the very contrary Charley, Willy's neighbor attains successes and wealth with his business, while his son Bernard attains wealth and success with his job as a lawyer. Both Bernard and Charley don't strive for the American Dream, that Willy and sons strive so hard for, and still they become wealthy and successful.
Willy Loman is traveling salesman who has trapped himself in a dream that he can never finish. Willy begins to go crazy, when he refuses to realize he cannot reach the American Dream. Willy Loman wants to be a great salesman like the late Dave Singleman. Because of this Willy doesn't follow his true talent of using his hands to make a living instead he dreams to be like Dave Singleman who was loved by his buyers, with all of them attending his funeral. Willy wants to die the death of a salesman, with a huge funeral with people all over the country. No matter how hard Willy try to be a great salesman, who is wealthy and love, in the end he is just a poor old man who is in denial. Willy feels that the only thing he needs to do good in life is a likeable personality, this seen in the way he always tells his son Biff he get somewhere because people like him. Biff was popular and well like in high school, because Biff failed math his senior year and ruined his chance to live out the American dream. Even though Biff realizes he cannot become wealth and successful, Willy still wants Biff to go into sales and make it big.
