In Arthur Miller's play, The Death Of A Salesman, Willy Loman's twisted view of "The American Dream" ruins life for both himself and the rest of his family. The American dream consists of hard work and dedication, which eventually will lead to success, wealth, and happiness. Willy however took the part with the wealth and money and ran with it, not realizing it will sent him straight to failure. Add to this his superficiality and irresponsibility and the outcome is Willy Loman's idea if the "American Dream." Eventually he began to ruin the lives of his sins, and through years of emotional abuse, the life of his wife. As he repeatedly failed and failed, he began to throw his own life away, throwing himself and his family down an abyss that lead to nothing but doom. In this play, Willy become delusional and begins to have rapid flashbacks from the past. Through the flashbacks Willy searches for the moment everything went wrong.
             First, Happy, Willy's younger son, ironically enough was anything but happy throughout his life. He loved his family, but the love was never returned. He spent his whole childhood in Biff's pathetic shadow. He was always ignored and since all attention was constantly on biff, he was never properly disciplined. Though it let to his being a womanizer like his father, the lack of discipline actually helped him. Happy unlike biff had a job an executive office, made his own living, and did not turn to a life of crime. He was the most successful in the family, successful as far as money goes however. He lacked the success that leads to happiness. He was a failure mentally and emotionally.
             Next, Willy constantly abused his poor, loving wife emotionally. Linda was the ideal wife...she cooked, cleaned, took care of the kids, was supportive, and most importantly loved Willy unconditionally. One characteristic of Linda was her tendency to mend things. She did do literally, an...