Character Analysis Of Willy Loman In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

“The American dream is having financial security and prosperity. It is having a nice house, good quality of life, plenty of food to eat, and more.” That is what Arthur Miller tries to convey with his character, Willy Loman, a salesman man who is past his sixty’s in his book “Death of a Salesman”. This book begins with Willy Loman’s wife coming in after she notices how he enters the kitchen, with him rubbing his sore body and letting down his burden of a strenuous day of work. However, there is a change at the beginning when Linda Loman, Willy Loman’s wife, who admires and is loyal to Willy Loman no matter what happens, asked about how his day was. Once Willy provides his answer to Linda and how he answers the reader can tell that Willy's troubled. While Willy and Linda have their conversation they wake up their sons, Biff Loman, Willy’s eldest son in his mid-thirty’s, and Happy Loman Willy’s youngest son who is thirty two years old. Willy is a …show more content…
This is what causes Willy to have his current attitude as a disrespectful and stubborn man. After this happens Charley or the father of Benard enters and they start playing a game of cards. While this is going on Charley talks about all of his success in his life and more because of this Willy extremely envy’s Charley. About an hour later Ben, or Willys brother who is very wealthy comes to play. Ben starts talking about how he went to Alaska to look for his father and never found him. He then goes to Biff and Happy and tells them about their grandfather and wealth in diamonds, in the jungle. He then goes and wrestles Willy's son Biff to show him that when your in the jungle cant fight fair and proceeds to wrestle Biff, and with ease he pins down Biff and has an umbrella over Biffs eyes. Ben announces that he needs to go, and Willy try to make him stay longer but says he will, be