Death Of A Salesman And Fences: Search For The American Dream

Essay Death of a Salesman and Fences: A comparative of the search for the American Dream. “The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.”- Marco Rubio This relates to both sources. This relates as both Cory and Willy did not care about the money and more of their passions. Their fathers wanted them to be rich. The sources that are used are “Death of a Salesman” or Source A and “Fences” Source B. In Source A, Willy did not have the Salesman touch and wanted to be on the farm. Willy was forcing him to the business field. Troy blocked Cory’s dreams of football. Overall, the character’s relate to each other in their interpretations of the American Dream. The first correlation between characters goes to Willy and Troy. Willy Loman is a Salesman. He traveled to Boston every week. He cared for Biff more than Hap and wanted him to follow his career. Willy wanted Biff to be a salesman. The thing is, Biff did not want to become a Salesman. The thing was, Biff wanted something else in life. Willy always lied to others …show more content…
They both love their family deeply. Rose wanted everyone to be together. Rose’s family was divided Cory and Troy practically hated each other. Rose decided to make a fence to keep them together. “ ‘Other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you.’ ” (Sparknotes 6) To Rose, the fence represented togetherness. Linda cares for the family as well. She wanted the family to be happy and all. The thing was, Biff was lost and Willy has dementia. Also they practically hate each other. “You’re a pair of animals! Not one, not another living soul would have had the cruelty to walk out on that man in a restaurant.” (Miller 124) This shows that she really does care for Willy in his darkest of