This is showing Willy’s goal towards being liked as the only true way to achieve the American Dream. He related being liked to a diamond as in the likeability of someone is one of the rarest properties in society and that he must strive to achieve this point. However, this quote also proves that Willy is a hypocrite in how he describes that you must be laughable and easy going to be liked, but it was those qualities that he thinks ruined his career.This shows that he knows he is wrong in the end, but his mind is too boggled to truly understand anything anymore.
