Who Is Willy's Dream In Death Of A Salesman

In the play “Death of a Salesman” Is about a salesman who goal in life is just to succeed and also wants the same for his children especially the oldest son Biff which is also his favorite. Biff is expected to be a salesman like his father but comes to the conclusion that is not what he wants in his life he would rather work with his hands outside on a ranch someday. In this play every character when through some sort of tragic event but to me, Biff Loman suffered the most because his father wants him to follow his footsteps but he doesn't believe, being a salesman is his journey in life and doesn't want to be a disappointment to his parents and his father affair affected his life dramatically.

Willy is focused on Biff becoming just like him, he has …show more content…
The first thing Biff said to his father when he went to boston was “I let you down” meaning the math class he failed you then realize he only went to school to satisfy his father. Which is why he stopped going to school. It had a big impact in his life because of the affair he never went to summer school and finished high school. Not only did it impact his life education wise it also impacted him emotionally. Since than he never looked at his father the same way again. His mother mentions how close Biff and Willy were at one point but Biff started to slowly distance himself. His father affair could have had an influence on Biff's stealing ways. “ we have no idea what he sells,seeing only his glad-handing illusions, his limitless faith in personality, his unshakable belief in the efficacy of being “well liked”, his desperation when the magic palls and he is cast aside. Willy’s need to keep up a good front, his misplaced ambitions for his wastrel sons, turn his home into a house of lies and himself into a man at the end of his rope, stepping in and out of reveries that looming up from his past” (Introduction to Death of a Salesman, Christopher