Who Is Willy Successful In Death Of A Salesman

There are many types of people in this world. Some live their life to the fullest expecting great things for them in the future. Then, there are those who just work just to make a living. In the book, Death of a Salesman, Willy the protagonist of the book, was the typical working family man who works to support his family. As he supports his family, his own world is falling apart. His false reality is eating him inside out. Things are just not going the way that they are meant to be. Willy was deep into his own world because he did not realize that his life was falling apart, money is success in his eyes, he would always think about the past, and he was not as successful as his other family members. Willy constant daydreaming caused his real world to fall apart. When Willy was having a chat with his boss, Howard, he said, “You mustn’t tell me you’ve got people to see. You can’t eat an orange and throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit!” (Miller 61-62). When Howard indirectly says that Willy is fired, Willy feels like he has been betrayed. He had his best years working for Howard, but now when they do not need him anymore; he is being thrown away like …show more content…
On many occasions, Willy had been having car accidents. Linda had been discussing with Biff that in the last February, Willy had another car accident. Linda suspects that Willy is trying to kill himself due to the many incidents that has been occurring. As Linda had a chat with Biff, she said, “She says he came to that little bridge, and then deliberately smashed into the railing, and it was only the shallowness of the water that saved him”. The witness who saw Willy’s car accident happening said that Willy was not driving particular fast, but suddenly hit the rail then the car fell to the river. Willy was fortune that the water was not too deep for him to drown. Willy’s definition of success is causing him to drown himself in darkness of his false