The American dream for any person has always been based on freedom, equality, control over one’s destiny and pursuit of one’s dream. Freedom and hard work will lead you to prosperity. In Death of a salesman, every character has different dreams that they want to achieve. Ben goes off to Alaska and Africa and luck into wealth by finding a diamond mine. Willy Loman’s dream is influenced by Ben’s success. He thinks if any man is good looking, charismatic and well liked deserves success and will naturally achieve his dream. Since he think personality, and not hard work, is the key to success, he wants to make sure that his boys are popular and well liked. For example, when Biff tells his dad, Willy, that he made fun of his math teacher, Willy responds
