Willy Lomans American Dream in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman :: Death of a Salesman

Willy Lomans American breathing inin Arthur Millers finis of a Salesman Short Essay One Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman focuses on the American Dream, or at to the lowest degree Willie Lomans version of it. *Willie is a salesman who is d have got on his luck. He bought into the whim in the American Dream, and much of the hardship in his career was a result. *Many people believe in the American Dream and its function in shaping peoples success. Willy could have been successful, but something went wrong. He raised his sons to believe in the American Dream, and neither of them turned appear to be successful either. By the time Willy got to be an former(a) man, his aliveness was in shambles. *One son, garget, was a hopeless dreamer who wasnt able to hold on to a job. He could have been successful by means of an athletic scholarship, but he blew the chance he had to go to school. Happy, the early(a) son, had a job, but was basically all talk, just like Willy. straight of f near the end of his career as a salesman, Willy realizes his whole life was just a joke, and the hopes he placed in the American Dream were misguided. At the end of the play, his only hope is to leave something for his family, especially for scoke, by taking his own life and leaving his family the insurance money. Through his death, Willy thinks he can achieve success and fulfill his dream. Arthur Miller provides us with a character who is both pathetic and tragic. Willy Loman spent his life chasing a irrational dream. His failure to live the true American Dream was what brought about his own downfall.** Short Essay Two In Millers Death of a Salesman, Willy Lomans warped view of the American Dream caused disaster in his family because he stressed the importance of popularity over hard use and risk-taking over perserverence. *Willy grew up believing that being well-liked was important to becoming a success. He believed that being well-liked could help you charm teachers and op en doors in business. *He is proud that the neighborhood boys flock around Biff and respond to Biffs athletic abilities, and in the same breath scoffs at the nerdy Bernard, who is in like manner focused on school and his studies to be popular. Even though Biff turns out to be a failure as an adult, Willy holds on to the hopes that a business man who Biff met years ago will stretch out him a terrific job if Biff can be his old likeable self and recapture the confidence and grace he had as a teenager.