Willy Loman’s Struggle With The American Dream

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functional family,
and discovering happiness in each of those categories. Those components of
the American Dream were not found in Willy Loman’s life. Willy’s life
lacked happiness. The only time Willy remembered happiness in his life was
when his boys were young, even then he was not completely happy. “Remember
those two beautiful elm trees out there? When I and Biff hung the swing
between them?”(Miller 17) Willy was always reminiscing about the past in
his flashbacks. His flashbacks proved his unhappiness. Willy had flashbacks
about his affair with another woman. “Whyn’t you have another drink, honey,
and stop being so damn self-centered?...I’m so lonely.”(Miller 116) Willy’s
affair proved that he was not satisfied in life and that he felt lonely.
Linda was always loyal to Willy and she was a major support to him. Linda
knew that Willy wasn’t making the money he described he was making. She
knew about his suicidal notions and she also knew about the disappointed he
felt towards ...

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Don’t look worried...it’s how you say it-because
personality always wins the day.”(Miller 65) Biff failed to make it in the
business world. Willy took Biff’s failure in the business world as if Biff
was a failure to him. This could have been a possible motive for Willy to
commit suicide. If Biff could make anything of himself, and Willy never did
make anything of himself, Willy had nothing to live for. Willy believed
that the life insurance money from his death would help the family
financially in the long run. A part of Willy’s unhappiness came from the
failure he saw in Biff.
Not only was Biff a failure to Willy, Willy was a failure to the
American Dream’s standards. The main goal of ...

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