Biff has come home because he has just been released from jail, has no job and has nowhere to go.Why does willy get so angry at howard? Willy is so angry at howard because willy was once promised(by howards father) a position that willy now needs, however in the present howard is unwilling to offer willy such a position. Willy is also angry because howard fires willy.What is the point of Willy’s talking about Dave Singleman to Howard?Willy tells howard about dave singleman because dave was willy’s inspiration. Willy tells howard about dave to try and show howard that he can still to be useful in an office position despite his old age.Why does willy get so angry at Bernard?Willy gets so upset at Bernard because Bernard asks him about what happened in boston with biff. This makes willy feel guilty as he was caught by biff in boston having an affair, which resulted in biff not attending summer school and flunking school altogether.
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.
Willy Loman, a self-deluded salesman who lives in complete denial searching for his "American Dream," finds himself in a belated mid-life crisis. He never achieved the glorious existence as a salesman he had envisioned for himself, so he places all his hopes in his two sons, Biff and Happy. But because their father has infused them with the same fundamentally wrong sense of morality and of what is important in life that has delayed his own success and happiness, the sons find themselves equally trapped and suspended in time without the ability to succeed. Miller reveals Willy’s Struggle as the perfect father, his concerns in his image as a role model, and his controllable actions that misguides the downfall in his relationship with his
Biff tells Willy “pop I’m a dime a dozen and so are you”. Willy cannot accept this and becomes very angry towards Biff. Willy’s whole life revolves his own success and the success of his son. This is a truly heartbreaking scene for the audience to witness as we see just how different Willy and Biff are. Biff cannot contain himself any longer and hugs Willy through his tears.
Given Amir’s previous actions, it seems that this would be the day he remembers; the day he finally makes his father proud. The wonderful memory is marred when he does not defend Hassan. Instead of being the happiest day in his juvenile existence, it becomes the pivotal moment when his naïve reality begins to unravel. This part of the novel shows us that no matter what Amir wants to believe, Hassan is a more prevalent and joyful part of his life than his own
Tom cries “like a baby” because he feels remorse for lying and cheating on his wife. This quote shows how people’s views on material items have blinded them from true happiness. The characters in the Great Gatsby represent the sentiment of America during the Roaring 20’s with the goal of attempting to gain the lavish life style dominated by materialism called the “American Dream” and materialism is evil because it engrosses the heart of Americans blinding them from authentic bliss.
Willy states that his thirty-four-year-old son is a lazy bum, but then says that Biff is anything but lazy. Willy’s habit of contradicting himself becomes very obvious in his conversations with Linda. Both of the sons are awakened by Willy’s rambling. They assume that he had another accident. Linda goes back to bed, and Willy goes to the kitchen to get some food.
They are the reason that Willy cannot seem to find success, and when he cannot meet his high expectations for himself, he lies and cheats in order to keep the unachievable ideal alive instead of being satisfied with less than perfect. The theme of dreams as aspirations, in this way, is what drives the main characters choices and therefore the entire play. Dreams also represent an escape from reality in Death of a Salesman, many times in the form of hallucinations. It is through Willy’s hallucinations that the audience is exposed to the past and they also provide a window into his feelings of regret. The audience learns about Willy’s affair through his delusional memory at the Chophouse, this form of a
Started having bad luck and in order to dare with his failures in life, he started thinking about his past and it seem that he doesn't know what's real or fake in life. He try to relive the good old days he had in the past but the thing is that all wrong choices he made also started coming up in his mind as well. When his family notice what was going with his they try to help him by not telling him what was going on with their life and all the money problems they have. In addition, Wily lost his job after many years with same company. Gregor was a man who works hard to help his family for they can live well.
He also compares himself to Eminem, they both had a hard childhood, and neither of them knew their father. Stan is very vulnerable, so he really needs his biggest Idol to answer him, because when Stan has a shitty day and is depressed, he compares himself to Eminem’s songs, Eminem is the only one who keeps him going. However, Eminem doesn’t answer him, not just in a single letter, but a lot actually, he gets more and more furious. In the beginning, Stan didn’t get mad, because he thought that there might have been a problem at the post office or something One day after many unanswered letters, Stan gets enough, he can’t handle it anymore, he drinks a fifth of vodka, binds his pregnant girlfriend in the trunk, and drives against a bridge. Stan records a tape for Eminem one last time, where he says that he has ripped all his pictures of Eminem off his wall and that he could have saved him, with one lousy letter.