The Death of a Salesman is a fascinating play written by Arthur Miller. The play is set during the 1940s in Brooklyn, New York. The play’s protagonist Willy Loman is a multifaceted character in that he is a salesman, a husband, and a father of two. Willy desperately wants his eldest son Biff to follow in his footsteps and become a salesman. Willy’s wife Linda is always supportive of him even though Willy is not always respectful towards her. Their youngest son, Hap, adores his father Willy and is always seeking recognition for his achievements, which are more or less what Willy would like for Biff to be doing. Throughout the course of the play Willy struggles with not being able to find happiness. He also appears to be projecting his discontent
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By doing so he can continue to dream about becoming successful. It may be too late for himself but not for his son. Because He believes that all you need is to work hard and be liked by others, he feels Biff has the ability to succeed as a salesman. “ That’s why I thank Almighty God you’re both built like Adonises. Because the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man that gets ahead. Be liked and you’ll never want.” (P. 33). Biff does not feel the same way he, struggles with this idea of becoming a salesman. His whole life he has heard his father, mother and brother encourage him and fill his head with the idea that he is amazing and that he is well liked and that is all you needed to succeed. After Biff failed math and found his father was cheating on his mother he took a different route. He began to look for what really made him happy. Biff had a hard time following his instincts because of the anguish his father caused him. It took him walking into his old Boss’ office to realize that he really had never been a salesman for him, and that he didn’t remember him because he blew right past him after he had waited all day in his office. This is when Biff feels that he must get though to his father. Make his understand that they are not being honest with themselves. “ The man don’t know who we are! The man is gonna know! We never told the truth for ten minutes in this house!”
By doing so he can continue to dream about becoming successful. It may be too late for himself but not for his son. Because He believes that all you need is to work hard and be liked by others, he feels Biff has the ability to succeed as a salesman. “ That’s why I thank Almighty God you’re both built like Adonises. Because the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man that gets ahead. Be liked and you’ll never want.” (P. 33). Biff does not feel the same way he, struggles with this idea of becoming a salesman. His whole life he has heard his father, mother and brother encourage him and fill his head with the idea that he is amazing and that he is well liked and that is all you needed to succeed. After Biff failed math and found his father was cheating on his mother he took a different route. He began to look for what really made him happy. Biff had a hard time following his instincts because of the anguish his father caused him. It took him walking into his old Boss’ office to realize that he really had never been a salesman for him, and that he didn’t remember him because he blew right past him after he had waited all day in his office. This is when Biff feels that he must get though to his father. Make his understand that they are not being honest with themselves. “ The man don’t know who we are! The man is gonna know! We never told the truth for ten minutes in this house!”