The Death of a Salesman is a tragic play. In the book, Willy and Linda, who are married, live together in the city during the 1940s. They have two sons, Happy and Biff. Willy is a traveling salesman, and initially in the story, all seems well. But, that is not the case. There are many problems within the Loman family, and the characters eventually reach their breaking points. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman in the New England area. He lives with his wife Linda, and they have two sons. They live in the city, and are experiencing financial struggles. Willy was recently demoted from working on a salary to working on commision, and because of that, he is having trouble making enough sales to support him and his family. For example, Willy gets
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Biff was sad that his father was gone. Biff remembered the happy memories of his father, like how Willy would work on the house after work, and was good at it too. Biff also realized Willy’s harsh reality, how he had the wrong dreams, and was delusional of the reality about a lot of aspects of his life, and his problems finally caught up to him until it was all too much for him to bear. Happy was delusional, too. He kept talking about his prospects for success, and did not realize the reality of his situation either. Linda was living in denial of her husband’s death. She could not believe that Willy is gone, and says that it seems like he is just gone for a business trip and will return soon. Linda is unable to cry because of how surreal this entire situation is. To make the timing even more tragic, Linda had sent in the final payment for the house the day they buried Willy. Willy was hopeful for his future, and paying off the house was the start of a new beginning for Willy, and new beginning that Willy never got to see because of his own doing. In my opinion, Death of a Salesman was a strange book. Because it is a play, it was harder to read than a typical book. It was hard to read because of how it was written as a play, with lines for each character, and even the lighting and sound effects for the play. There were also a lot of little events that would happen every once in a while that were hard to keep up with. It was a fast moving story. It also did not help that I read the book several months ago and I a difficult time remembering some of the details. It was interesting, but not something I would read more than
Biff was sad that his father was gone. Biff remembered the happy memories of his father, like how Willy would work on the house after work, and was good at it too. Biff also realized Willy’s harsh reality, how he had the wrong dreams, and was delusional of the reality about a lot of aspects of his life, and his problems finally caught up to him until it was all too much for him to bear. Happy was delusional, too. He kept talking about his prospects for success, and did not realize the reality of his situation either. Linda was living in denial of her husband’s death. She could not believe that Willy is gone, and says that it seems like he is just gone for a business trip and will return soon. Linda is unable to cry because of how surreal this entire situation is. To make the timing even more tragic, Linda had sent in the final payment for the house the day they buried Willy. Willy was hopeful for his future, and paying off the house was the start of a new beginning for Willy, and new beginning that Willy never got to see because of his own doing. In my opinion, Death of a Salesman was a strange book. Because it is a play, it was harder to read than a typical book. It was hard to read because of how it was written as a play, with lines for each character, and even the lighting and sound effects for the play. There were also a lot of little events that would happen every once in a while that were hard to keep up with. It was a fast moving story. It also did not help that I read the book several months ago and I a difficult time remembering some of the details. It was interesting, but not something I would read more than