Death of a Salesman 3
In the novel, Death of a Salesman, we become familiar with a rather dysfunctional family known as the Lomans. The head of this household, and perhaps the main reason for the mishaps of this family, is Willy Loman. Willy experiences very difficult times throughout the book and seems to bring the rest of his family down with him. Throughout this book the reader begins to notice the gradual downfall of Willy and how this affects the rest of his family.Willy Lowman is a character that most anyone can identify with. He has two sides to his life; on one side he creates an image of being successful, well liked, and bold; on the other side he feels old, unsuccessful, defeated, and disliked. He maintains the successful image to comfort his wife and friends. This veil of success becomes thinner and thinner until he lingers between fantasy and reality of the cruel world, often changing back and forth in the course of a conversation. The core of Willy's slow painful demise into nothingness is based upon his beliefs. Willy thinks that success is not what you know, but who you know and how well you are liked. These beliefs he instills in his sons, who find themselves adrift and meaningless just like their father. In addition Willy
sees the world changing, and his own inability to change with it, will seal his fate. He misses the open land and the smell of flowers in the summer, the pollution and high rise apartments add to Willy's dismal existence. An example of Willy's shift from fantasy to reality is during his conversation with his wife about the Chevy. He thinks the car is fantastic, the best ever built. Later he and his wife discuss some bills that were paid, and when told about the bill to get the Chevy's carburetor fixed, he says that they ought to prohibit the manufacture of the car. After seeing how much Willy impacted his family while alive, one can only wonder now that he has killed himself, how his family would fare. When taking all of the aforementioned material into consideration, it would almost seem obvious that it would be for the betterment of his family. Willy really could be compared to an anchor on his family and that perhaps without him it will alleviate some of that "excess weight" that he instilled upon them. The family situation is that of the standard dysfunctional family. The mother is upset by her sons because they have no respect for Willy and show no concern for his decline. Wi
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Approximate Word count = 809
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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