American middle class citizens symbolize the substance of the American Dream- - it is typically comprised of individuals who are dedicated their goals of financial stability. They believe that the harder they work, America will permit them to a life of great satisfaction. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, Miller considers the Loman family as a larger part of Americans, the vast majority of whom are middle class citizens who are met every now and then with complications that make their lives troublesome, and working harder than others to make a simple living for themselves and their families. Willy is working hard towards his American dream the same way middle class citizens are today. He considers himself to be somebody who has worked
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Instead of looking for cash and achievement, Biff needs a more essential life. He rather live simple, basic, and happy, doing what he wants and loves to do, instead of trying to please others, and fit in with the rest of society. He wishes to be seen and cherished for who he is. He wishes his father would quit being so hard on him. Unfortunately, Miller uses Biff to say Americans are casted as the victims of the country's financial success. Victims that suffer “work[ing] a lifetime to pay off a house... finally own[ing] it, and [having] nobody to live in it" (Miller 15). Or like how Willy is unable to connect or even show some real genuine affection towards his son, America as a whole is unable to connect with those who value simple pleasures over the competiveness of success, business, and the hardships that come with financial stability. This is what Miller seems to argue. Most Americans are wishing for a life like Biff wants. A life where everything is simple, and having fun is always on the agenda, no matter what the task may be. But the reality is, everyone has to work simply because "a man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime"(Miller 54). It is essential for survival. This simple living American Dream can be crushed as soon a teen reaches adult hood, or even before then-
Instead of looking for cash and achievement, Biff needs a more essential life. He rather live simple, basic, and happy, doing what he wants and loves to do, instead of trying to please others, and fit in with the rest of society. He wishes to be seen and cherished for who he is. He wishes his father would quit being so hard on him. Unfortunately, Miller uses Biff to say Americans are casted as the victims of the country's financial success. Victims that suffer “work[ing] a lifetime to pay off a house... finally own[ing] it, and [having] nobody to live in it" (Miller 15). Or like how Willy is unable to connect or even show some real genuine affection towards his son, America as a whole is unable to connect with those who value simple pleasures over the competiveness of success, business, and the hardships that come with financial stability. This is what Miller seems to argue. Most Americans are wishing for a life like Biff wants. A life where everything is simple, and having fun is always on the agenda, no matter what the task may be. But the reality is, everyone has to work simply because "a man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime"(Miller 54). It is essential for survival. This simple living American Dream can be crushed as soon a teen reaches adult hood, or even before then-