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Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman

Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman


Willy Loman is responsible for his own downfall. Willy finds his own
hero and tries to become the hero in his own existence. Willy tries to become a
very successful businessman, at the start of his career he thinks that no one
can tell him what to. Willy is not good with people, he is good with his hands,
he is not a good salesman and he chooses the wrong career. Willy often makes up
stories or changes the stories he knows because he cannot face the truth of his
life that he has not accomplished as much as he has planned. Willy's downfall
is his own doing which is brought about by his unrealistic dreams, his pride,
his career choice and his failure to manage life's problems.

Willy, at a young age, noticed an old salesman who worked at an age of
80 and made a lot of money. The old salesman took orders from no one, he made
his own orders and everyone did as the old man said. When the old salesman,
Dave Singleman dies, all the buyers came to his funeral. All the people Dave
ever knew came. There were thousands mourning his death. From that point,
Willy Loman found an awesome dream which he followed the rest of his life.
Willy became a salesman. Willy is the most unqualified salesman ever! He never
sold a thing. Willy stops seeing the truth at one point of his life and he
relies on his own lies to numb his pain. The pain of knowing he cannot and wont
be able to become Dave Singleman. He is Willy Loman, who is good at fixing the
house. He is not cut out for travelling from city to city and selling goods to
people he has never met before. Willy dramatically dies living out his dream,
the dream that never suited Willy Loman.

Willy does not allow people to tell him what to do. He believes that he
cannot be bossed around and that he is too important to fall under anyone's
authority but his own. Willy teaches Biff and Happy not to take orders from
anyone. He thinks this will make Biff, Happy and himself successful, but...