If it was not evident in earlier scenes, it is now clear that Biff in no salesman. He has been “talking in a dream” pretending to be something he is not. This is an inner conflict that Biff has been wrestling with for years now. He now comes to realize the he’s unhappy and he’s only conforming to this harsh, man-eating profession to please his father. This once inner conflict soon becomes an outward conflict between Biff and Willy.
I tell them that in another month I'll be back in school and working at a better-paying, less humiliating job.”(27) Even Franklin's dad adds to this pressure when he finds out about his son's job as he can hardly understand why his son would take such a lowly job, “'Wendy's? When did this happen?' I want to tell him that it didn't just happen, that it wasn't an accident, but I am stuck wondering how to make him understand...”(29) Like everyone else, Franklin's dad is at a loss for words at his son's
That night when Kiowa got wasted, I sort of sank down into the sewage with him… Feels like I’m still deep shit.”(Page 150) Bowker is also intelligent and is well supported by his parents, but he did not see any meaning in getting a job or even going to school. He does not have the words to explain what he went through or how he feels and he tries to hide it. Norman really wants his story told, so he sent a letter to Tim O’ Brien and ask Tim to write itfor him. He believes that Tim can express how he feels or get the right words out, but the story did not satisfy Norman and he commits suicide 8 months later in the locker room of a YMCA in his hometown. Norman’s role in this book is to help Tim to go from being a storyteller, or writer, to being a soldier.
The boy has to go through so much during this journey that he shouldn’t feel scared anymore. He is still just a boy who is scared and doesn’t know what to do. The boy also sees the good in other people. When they encounter people the boy automatically wants to him them. The father feels that people shouldn’t be trusted.
Even when asking for a raise, he lies to his boss and say’s his boys are doing well knowing they cannot provide for him. He fails Biff in Boston and it is ironic that Biff eventually recognizes that he and his family are “average joes” but Willy never wants to accept that reality. Willy Loman is no
His dad could sell anything, it was an innate trait he had, but Tommy Boy didn’t seem to have the skills. After the death of Tommy Boy`s dad, the family business is in need of some major sales. In desperation, Tommy Boy is sent on the road to make the annual sales trip. Tommy Boy and his road companion Richard Hayden learn a lot of hard lessons before they learn how to successfully convince a client. Here, are five things we can learn from this untraditional sales team.
He felt abandoned because he also knew himself that he was only taken in by family for his work ethics but not for the caring and love of a child. The lack of love that he received at a young age for him influenced his decision of running away and living out into the dessert at the age of fourteen. This situation of having no one to depend on or depending on him has given him freedom and independence but has also betrayed his caring and loves towards others. Nat Swanson is ushered by a stray dog through his lonely journey. The impact of the dog accompanying him shows the lack of communication that Nat Swanson has.
When Asher’s father does not support his talent, it shows the readers how it is hard for Asher to have his own free will within his family. While Asher paints all the time, his father tries to convince him that painting is a foolish waste of time and that he should grow up and make their family proud. Also when his father tells Asher in the morning while they eat breakfast, “it is a great honor to travel for the Rebbe”, it shows how his father wants him to travel for the Rebbe and carry the honor that his father thinks it is to serve for the Rebbe (9). This really complicates Asher’s free will because he wants to make his father proud and do the destiny that he has planned out, but Asher cannot decide what is right for him. His father even said to him that, “his father traveled for the Rebbe”, which shows how it is destiny for the men of Asher’s family to travel for the Rebbe and make the family name proud (10).
In the beginning Jerry is a selfish immature child, as every child is but as the story progresses he becomes more and more mature. As a young boy Jerry was wild and had only one care in the world collecting his cowboy cards! It seemed like every time he had a bit of money he was down at the store purchasing or trading cards with friends. It was an addiction! His older brother even asked him for money to buy dad something nice for father’s day he was hesitant and only have him 1/5 of his earnings, only a nickel because he wanted new cards.
Tom Robinson’s trial comes at possibly one of the most difficult times for Jem as he begins to enter puberty and he is trying to understand the confusing lessons his dad teaches. Through the trial Jem seems to be one of the few that still carries hope. At this point Atticus explains to Scout that Jem simply needs time to process what he has learned and how the system works. Jem goes from a rumor spreading boy to a understanding mature teenager. At first Jem spreads all the rumors of Boo Radley to scout and dill, and by the end realizes that boo is misunderstood and finds the good in him.