"The Death of a Salesman "

The Death of a Salesman was a play/movie that truly depicted and gave me and idea of how times in the 1920’S were. The story line was very basic in my opinion, but it had deep meaning behind it all. I clearly saw throughout the book that Willy Loman had some type of illness or was just tired and warn out from life. I sometimes wondered why none of his family members tired to look deeper into his actions, but then I remembered the time the story took place in and the time I live in and realized that difference is the reason I thought so much deeper into his ways then the book did.
One problem Willy had was how hard he was on everyone including himself .He had big goals and dreams that he wanted to live by, but it came to the point where he pushed this “American Dream,“ to be a great Salesman too far. He even pressured his sons to do the same and considered them failures when they weren’t doing what he wished they would do. Biff was constantly changing jobs and looking for new options in order to make his dad happy. Happy on the other hand loved being around woman and was very pleased with himself, which is why he didn’t have many boundaries. Although the way Willy acted towards his children seemed a little hard and pushy, when it boils down to it , it makes sense because most parents want what they think is best for their child. Willy pushed this idea too much though. He was never satisfied with himself, let in known his kids. Willy always wanted everyone to think highly of him but this couldn't’t happen because he was always hesitant in trusting himself which caused him to lose respect from others. He needed to come in terms with reality, and realize that no one person can satisfy everyone.
A theme that I saw throughout the book , which turned out to be a life lesson in my case was to always remember to keep reality and hopes and dreams separate. Hopes and dreams are great things to strive for and use as guidelines but sometimes they can prove to only be illusions. Willy never came in terms with life how it is. He thought he had to be always thriving to be well liked which is why he put so much pressure on himself and everyone around him. Instead of working in the business world it seems to me he tried to beat it. Also, the way the story was written showed that Willy had flashbacks and sometimes even had literal conversations while picturing people from the past in his present. Although this can have something to do with him being mentally ill, it still is a way of him not coming in terms with realism. At one point Biff even says "We never told the truth in the house for ten minutes." This can support Willy’s problem because he could never come in terms with the actual truth to tell his kids.
A part of the book that really touched me emotionally was when Willy went to his boss asking for a job that required less traveling but got turned down. This was very upsetting to me because he was confident that this would pass as ok with his boss, but was shot down and fired instead. He had his traveling job for many years and just wanted to continue to peruse his “success” in the business world. I don’t know if it is out of pity for Willy or if I really firmly believe it, but I strongly think that he should have got his request granted.
At the end of the book Willy died due to one of his moments where he more or less “went crazy”. He went driving and got into a car accident which is what caused his death. The end of the play was very descriptive and because of that I had pity for Willy’s family even more when they had the funereal and only his wife, Biff, Happy, Bernard, and Uncle Charlie showed up. This story literally was “The Death of a Salesman”.

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