![]() ![]() ![]() He spent twenty-five years of his life paying the mortgage for the house, and when it is almost over, instead of being happy, he does not seem pleased. Even when he is about to get something, Willy cannot be satisfied with it. He represents the generation where the main question is what they “might place in the physical world” (Cowen, 2017). He is captivated by earning more money, being a successful businessman, and doing something “big”. Willy Loman’s American DreamĪs the story begins, Willy Loman is shown to be dissatisfied with his life and either imagining a better future or dreaming about his past and what he could have done differently. His father used to be extremely proud of him and his brother used to look up to him, but as a grown man Biff did not meet the family’s expectations. As a teenager, he was popular at school as a promising football player, yet he failed to get into college and could not find a steady job. The last member of the family is Biff Loman, a thirty-four-year-old man, unmarried and unemployed. He rents an apartment by himself and does not seem to have a sense of responsibility in his life. Despite working as “one of the two assistants to the assistant buyer”, Happy is an extremely high opinion of himself (Miller, 1998). He is ambitious and loves spending time with different, often already taken, women. Their youngest son Harold, which everyone calls Happy, is thirty-two years old. It is apparent that Linda loves and respects Willy more than anyone else and is ready to protect him no matter what. Despite her children being absent, the refrigerator, the fan belt, and the washing machine constantly breaking, she seems to be happy with her husband. She spends her days cleaning and cooking, keeping accounts, and darning her stockings. Linda Loman, Willy’s spouse, is an ordinary housewife. After all those years of working at the same place, he did not achieve much at his job and his salary even went down. However, as one of Willy’s sons describes him “he’s not hot-shot selling man” (Miller, 1998). Willy is sixty-three years old traveling salesman in Wagner Company where he had been working for the past thirty-six years. Death of Salesman tells the story of Willy Loman and his family struggling to achieve a better life. ![]()
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