Likely a result of these early experiences, Willy develops a fear of abandonment, which makes him want his family to conform to the American Dream. His efforts to raise perfect sons, however, reflect his inability to understand reality. The young Biff, whom Willy considers the embodiment of promise, drops Willy and Willy’s zealous ambitions for him when he finds out about Willy’s adultery. Biff’s ongoing inability to succeed in business furthers his estrangement from Willy. When, at Frank’s Chop House, Willy finally believes that Biff is on the cusp of greatness, Biff shatters Willy’s illusions and, along with Happy, abandons the
When Willy arrives, he refuses to listen to Biff, which angers him. Happy tries to get Biff to lie to his father, which Biff slightly does. Willy falls into another flashback hallucination, one in which his son discovers his affair with a potential customer in Boston. From that moment on, Biff had never looked at his father the same. Back in the Lowman residence, Linda scolds her sons for abandoning her father back at the restaurant.
Gogol is teased about his name, his parent’s want him to identify with an aspect of Bengali culture, but he resists, the parents want to visit India, and Gogol and Sonia complain and feel their summer is ruined, Gogol has romantic relationships that his parents don’t understand, and finally Gogol moves away and changes his name, and barely keeps up with his parents. All of these smaller conflicts are indicative of the bigger struggle going on
The Lowman’s would stop talking and pretend as if they’re having an enjoyable meal as Willy fears displaying and recognizing his lack of success. However, on the inside we can see Biff pleading with his father and continuously trying to make him see that “[he] was never a salesman for Bill Oliver”, he was simply a shipping clerk. Biff directly confronted Willy with the truth, something Willy had been avoiding for his entire life. Yet, Willy still refused to accept it as he would see this as a failure in his part of not raising his son’s properly. Instead, he ignores Biff’s statements and retreats into
He knows that there is no way Willy can earn him a profit with “a job in town “, therefore he avoid and reason with Willy so he can keep Willy on the road because Willy is fallen behind the modern world. And there is “no place “ for people like Willy .During the conversation , we can see that Howard doesn’t respect Willy and calling him “ kid “ and ignore Willy , while the audience all know that Willy has more experience than Howard, so they will have a big impression on Howard character and make him become memorable. The recording machine that fascinates Howard in his office emphasizes modern technologyl world. This shows that Howard ismore interests in the future than the past, and that why he fires Willy with no regards to Willy’s loyal service or friendship with his father. He knows about Willy’s past to the firm, but Howard “can’t pull blood out of the stone “that why he can’t keep Willy, and sometime that Willy crack up and makes him worry more because that may not cause problem.
They come down to the kitchen and catch up talking, they remember the good ‘ol days when they were younger. Happy is the younger brother, he is successful and confident. Biff is not doing as well as Happy, but has dreams of owning his own land and having a ranch. Willy begins having flashbacks and expressing his worries about the boys while talking to himself around the house. Willy and Biff fight a lot because Willy doesn’t like the fact his son cant hold a job down.
The American Dream The American Dream; A white picket fence, the yard, and a big red door. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman does not achieve this American Dream ethically. Throughout the play, Willy Loman cheats on his wife teaches his sons to cheat and steal, and believes that if you are well liked you will get far in life. While on the road selling his products, Willy was faced with many temptations, and gave into them. While in Boston Massachusetts, Willy would come to meet the character known as The Woman.
As mentioned above, Willy reflects Biffs’ failure in business as a reflection of his own dreams of succeeding although he only succeeded for a short while in his life. Also, the affair that Willy was in might have affected Biff and made him unable to keep a job. Willy has such insecurities with betrayal and himself that not only does he believe his family betrays him but also people on the outside too. His boss, for example, just because his boss fired him, Willy takes it as a form of betrayal even though he tells him, “there’s no room for betrayal in the business
Willy Lomax reached the point in life when everything was unsatisfying to him and nothing he does seems to add up, (add quotes about the car and fridge). All of life’s problem seem to compound for Willy, the failures of his sons, Biff and Happy and the fact that his wife Linda does not seem to be assertive enough. The day Willy got fired, he becomes overwhelmed with reality. When he remembers that Biff discovered
However, for Willy to live by his ideals necessitates building or telling many lies, and these illusions replace reality in Willy's mind. He tells lies about how well liked he is in all of his towns, and how vital he is to New England. At times Willy even believes his own lies and becomes enthusiastic when he tells his family that he made more money than he actually did. Willy then fills his sons so full of this concept of being well-liked that when Biff flunks math he goes to Boston to search for his father. He thought that since Willy is so