After reading “Death of a Salesman,” questioning if Willy’s attempt to save his family from all their problems was the right decision. It wasn’t; all he did was leave his sons without a father and his wife without a husband. If anything he made things worse by taking his life, they had just finished paying off the house and both his sons were home. This was the time for a new beginning a time to fix his wrongs but he can no longer help since he lost himself and his family.
Starting with Willy getting home after a long day of disappointment. He has no career to support his family and is crushed by the idea of it. Lost by this point not knowing what to do or what he’s doing wrong with his life. The smallest idea of change affects him “I don't …show more content…
Willy didn’t understand this he was so caught up in his own world were he was a salesman that he believed you needed money to be happy. He created this lie were he was a successful salesman in order to make it seem like he was happy. In his mind that was being happy and to a lot of people being financially stable is the ultimate goal, but loosing a loved one in doing so is the wrong way to go. He was so engulfed on the idea of failure that any success was considered happiness for him. He forgot about the meaning of family not that he didn’t love them but he forgot that being a family meant being a part of something bigger than yourself. And taking his own life was the only answer he new not knowing how his absence would affect the loved ones around him. He is dead due to a car crash and now one of his sons will use the money so his death can have some value. But Linda admits that they had finally paid the last bill for the house. Everybody knows that the house payments are one of the biggest payments someone will go through. And the fact that he took his life so close to that date brings up the question wheather those were his true intentions. Maybe he was weak and couldn’t live with himself any more and the life he provided his family was shameful enough for him to feel like nothing. He was a salesman and a salesman knows one thing better than anybody. And that’s investing money in order to
Starting with Willy getting home after a long day of disappointment. He has no career to support his family and is crushed by the idea of it. Lost by this point not knowing what to do or what he’s doing wrong with his life. The smallest idea of change affects him “I don't …show more content…
Willy didn’t understand this he was so caught up in his own world were he was a salesman that he believed you needed money to be happy. He created this lie were he was a successful salesman in order to make it seem like he was happy. In his mind that was being happy and to a lot of people being financially stable is the ultimate goal, but loosing a loved one in doing so is the wrong way to go. He was so engulfed on the idea of failure that any success was considered happiness for him. He forgot about the meaning of family not that he didn’t love them but he forgot that being a family meant being a part of something bigger than yourself. And taking his own life was the only answer he new not knowing how his absence would affect the loved ones around him. He is dead due to a car crash and now one of his sons will use the money so his death can have some value. But Linda admits that they had finally paid the last bill for the house. Everybody knows that the house payments are one of the biggest payments someone will go through. And the fact that he took his life so close to that date brings up the question wheather those were his true intentions. Maybe he was weak and couldn’t live with himself any more and the life he provided his family was shameful enough for him to feel like nothing. He was a salesman and a salesman knows one thing better than anybody. And that’s investing money in order to