Death of a Salesman tells the story of every American father who wanted nothing.
but the best for himself, and his family. This is not non stop excitement, but it is something.
we can all relate too. Most people judge their lives and accomplishments by the money.
they've made or the materials they posses, Which is exactly the case in this story. Instead.
of Willy being proud of the fact that he raised two well rounded sons, and has a loving.
wife, he is obsessed with name recognition and judges who he is by what he has.
During the play there are many examples to the fact that Willy's mind is not stable.
At times I found it very confusing because it seems as if Willy is getting Alzheimer's.
disease, even though he has no trouble remembering things. He does a lot of unconscious.
rambling or talking out loud to himself about his obsessions. I don't know if that is a.
symptom of Alzheimer's or not, but I believe the author was trying to show that he wasn't.
in a right state of mind. The author explains this as too many years on the road and too.
much pressure to succeed.
His family and friends keep referring to him as a good man, but I don't see that. As.
they flashback to the past and show him with his sons he is still the obsessive man that he.
is in the present, it's just in the past his sons are successful in school. The Qualities Willy.
tries to instill in his kids are to be well liked, and have a strong mind for business. In the.
past he was a great dad, but that's because his sons were turning out OK by his standards.
A person's character should be judged when times are hard and not when times are good.
Willy Loman is a judgmental fraud just as Biff his son has seen him for a long time.
Willy's sons Biff and Happy are men of good character. Biff is living his life the.
best way he knows. He is not a rich man by all means, but has the happiness of not living.
day by day in some crammed office. Biff is an outdoors man and enjoys the fresh air and.
