Over the years, people have flocked from foreign nations to rejoice in the diversity of America. They come with the hopes and dreams of money and the silver screens. However, many are faced with the brutal reality of hardship, rather than the fairytale ending of a famous millionaire. A song by Toshihiko Takamizawa captures the generalized immigrant realization, "Chasing after the dream/ Pride goes before the fall/ In the end will I find/ It's a mirage after all?" (American Dream, Takamizawa) Takamizawa's quote questions the tangibility of the American Dream. Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman examines the clashing of American Dreams against American Reality through the eyes of Happy, Willy, and Biff.
             Happy loses himself to the unattainable American Dream and therefore forebodes his own failure through his delusions. Happy, always living in the shadow of his brother, grows up to assume the role of his father. His warped concept of success is formulated by Willy's advice. Willy tells the boys in a flashback, "The man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want." (33) Willy bases success around popularity, which he passes on to Happy. Happy shows his equal level of delusions when he is talking to Biff about Oliver; "I bet he'd back you. 'Cause he thought highly of you, Biff. I mean, they all do. You're well-liked, Biff." (26) Happy circumnavigates the fact that Biff stole from Oliver and concludes that Oliver likes Biff because of his agreeable personality. Happy continues to orbit around the truth, refusing to come to grips with reality. Happy shows his true desperation at Willy's funeral when, enraged, he screams, "I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have-to co...