Death of A Salesman

A detailed Summary of Death of A Salesman

There are many different kinds of people living in our society today. When looking at someone who seems to have no concept of what is going on around them, a person cannot help but sympathize for them. It is hard to tell weather

these people are thriving for attention or are unfortunately mentally unstable. It is sad to see a person with so much potential never learn how to use it. This occurs in "Death Of A Salesman", by Arthur Miller. Willy Loman was a man with

high hopes and dreams for his children as well as himself. However, these dreams caused him many problems throughout his life, that in the end drove him to his death.

Willy never seemed to have much direction in his life. He never became that big salesman that he had considered himself to be. Many people including Biff believed that Willy had the "wrong dreams" all his life and that caused

him to ruin the Loman family. However, Charley agrees that "nobody dost blame this man." I agree with Biff and believe that it was Willy's fault because, he himself never even knew who he was. Biff was the only one who really understood

his father and that being a salesman was not really what he was cut out to be. Willy had many other opportunities

was when Willy began to go insane and his mental health began to deteriorate. He never could figure out why he was going insane, but I feel that in the back of his head he knew it was his fault all along for the destruction of his

become insane, which caused him to take his own life.

to make money and was offered several jobs by his brother Ben and his friend Charley. He refused to take these jobs because during this day and age everyone wanted to live the "American Dream", which was to have a family who respected you , to be a well-liked salesman and to own a home and an automobile. It turned out that he was a very selfish, foolish man who had many self beliefs that drove him to

While growing up Willy's family thought the world of him, especially his oldest son Biff. Willy had all these plans for Biff to go to college on a football scholarship while being very successful in the future; nevertheless,

stockings from Willy, this is when Biff finally realizes that his father had been a fake his whole life. Willy defended himself by saying that he was very lonely, which is a poor excuse for what he did. After this incident occurred,

Willy constantly lied to his family. I feel this was a big cause of Biff's failure to succeed in life. Another reason Biff did not succeed in life was because when he went to visit Willy in Boston to inform him that he had failed Math for the semester and would not ab

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Approximate Word count = 957
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English