Faded Dreams
In the play Death of a Salesman Willy Loman who is the salesman, was mainly concerned with the success of his family. He set his goals and expectations for himself and his sons that were so high that they were impossible to reach. Willy was reaching for the American dream. He wanted to live in a great neighborhood, he wanted to have his own business, and he wanted his sons to be successful He wanted the perfect life. Unfortunately people don't always get what they want. Instead of the American dream Willy got reality. He was sixty-three years old and was not as successful as he had hoped to be. Willy was a failure. He was a failure as a father, a husband and a businessman and all his hopes and dreams had faded as well as his grip on what was reality and what was fantasy. In the beginning of the play Arthur Miller draws attention to the lighting, scenery and landscape of Willy Loman's house. There "towering angular shapes behind the house, surrounding it on all sides. Only the blue light of the sky falls upon the house...a solid vault of apartment houses are around the small fragile-seeming home"(1458). The first scene focuses on Willy's feelings about the changes that have taken place in his neighbor
He took his lifeBibliography Mandell, S. Unable to swallow his pride he concocts a notion that he is worth more dead than he is alive. According to Willy Loman he himself was a great salesman. But who is to blame for the decision Willy made to take his own life. Literature Reading, Reating, Writing. In Willy's mind this was the way to die with lots of people from all over to mourn the great Willy Loman. When he was young he brought his company a lot of business. Willy's job was being replaced by technology and his pride blinded him to this fact. With no money, no job, and no hope at all, Willy's dreams of being a successful businessman faded along with his will to live. In the end Willy takes his own life.
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