There is something magical and sometimes overpowering to the majority of mankind: It is the thing that allows people to live in mansion's with helipad's as well as underground society forced to live in the many tunnels and passageways under New York City and to beg for their meals. Although this is definitely the extreme. It is sometimes indescribably cruel and other times very gracious. This thing is the American dream. The pursuit of the American dream is as old as humankind itself. It wasn't always about the almighty dollar bill or a sports car. Hundreds of years ago it was about livestock, children, and carriages. Authors such as Miller, Steinbeck, and Williams write about the American dream and the never-ending struggle to grasp it. Their works convey the backlash of not accomplishing the American dream, or at least some of the characters twisted view of it.
             In Arthur Miller's moving and powerful play, "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses many characters to contrast the difference between success and failure with the American dream. Willy is the good looking salesman whose imagination is much larger than his sales ability, while Linda is Willy's wife who stands by her husband even in his absence of realism. The is evident when she says, "Willy why don't you go down to the place tomorrow and tell Howard you've simply got to work in New York? You're too accommodating dear"(4). She knows he couldn't make it in New York, she knows that he is lacking in the sales department but she stands by him. Biff and Happy are the two blind mice who follows in there father's footsteps, while Ben is the only member of the Loman family with that special something needed to achieve. Charlie and his son Benard, on the other hand, enjoy better success in life compared to the Lomans. Willy wants so bad to be successful, but he is not and it is too late in his career to make a come back. This is evident to Will...