Comparing The American Dream In Arthur Miler's Death Of A Salesman

A dream is what have been leading people towards better future for centuries. American dream is not of a fairy-tail kind. It says: hard work will bring a person success. It may be the most practical dream ever, a good advice actually. Life can be tough though, and as it turns out in Arthur Miler’s “The Death of a Salesman” just having an American dream is not enough to become rich, respected, and successful. Willy Loman’s dreams that he also passed to his sons broke on the harsh reality of life, mostly because of his reluctance to accept his mistakes and react according to changing circumstances. Aristotle’s term hamartia means some sort of a tragic mistake that breaks a hero’s life [905-906]. Though there is no agreement if it should
’Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?” [1236]. He seemed to be a go-getter, a type-A personality that is much admired in American society. Among others "Death of a Salesman" was written to criticize the capitalist system for taking a good salesman, keeping him only as long as he kept bringing in a lot of sales, and throwing him on the human scrap heap when he no longer produced. This has been the experience of a lot of workers, not only salesmen. In this situation Willy is just a small man who can’t resist the
The sons in whom Willy has planted his own viewpoints have grown to disappoint him. Neither of his children has reached financial success, or borne fruit, so he ends up literally planting new seeds in the late night in poor soil of the city hoping for the better future. By doing this Willy shows that he understands his fault at least unconsciously, though he refuses to admit it being too proud. Willy is constantly recalling memories of good old times when there were two elm trees and a nice lawn near the house, when there was life around their home instead of soulless buildings that appeared now. These were the times when he liked his sons the most: they all were full of hopes for a quick and easy success. It is Willy who made the Loman brothers rely on being liked over hard work, and this belief led them to a great disappointment in themselves as adults. Biff and Happy are lost, they do nothing worth, in other words, don’t bring any fruit. Willy tries to start over again with different vegetable seeds, and fails again. Biff finally realizes that he is never going to become a great businessman: “I am not a leader of men, Willy, and neither are you… I’m not bringing home any prizes any more, and you’re going to stop waiting for me to bring them home!” (Miller, 1263). This finding seems to bring peace into Biff’s soul, so he could be happy with what