Death Of A Salesman Essay
Expectations come with having dreams. When dreaming or setting a goal/ideal in life, you can’t expect for it to happen because you want it to happen. In order to fulfill your dreams, you have to work hard for it to happen. In the excerpt from the book Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, it suggests that as a unique individual, you can’t relive another person’s life or experience. Willy Loman’s main goal or dream in life to be well-liked and to be on the top. Back in the day, a business person, or salesman would be considered as being on the top, being the best. The quote “... I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want” tell us that Willy is completely blinded by the benefits that Dave Singleman had as a salesman.
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You can’t let it get in the way of fulfilling it. A true example for that would be parents. Mothers and fathers would expect the most out of their children, especially for the older children. As a parent, you would want to show the world how special your child is. It can range from perfect grades, good morals, amazing talent to so much more. Also, as a child, you want to accomplish all the dreams and goals set by your parents. But too much expectation would tend to bring you down. For instance, if your parents expect you to have perfect grades, you will have the tendency to either do everything in your power to make your parents happy, and just fail because it isn’t what you want to do. Willy and Biff Loman, characters from the book Death of a Salesman, are a perfect example. Willy expected for Biff to be as successful as he was. Also, Willy wanted Biff to take his place in the business. But all Biffs’ ideals in life are different than that of Willy’s. Eventually, Biff started to grow abhorrence towards his father for giving him a bunch of expectations that he can never achieve. Expectations are a good thing. Because it gives you a goal to look forward to and it could be something anyone could achieve if given the right one, but sometimes, if you have too many expectations, it could just corrupt everything and fall
You can’t let it get in the way of fulfilling it. A true example for that would be parents. Mothers and fathers would expect the most out of their children, especially for the older children. As a parent, you would want to show the world how special your child is. It can range from perfect grades, good morals, amazing talent to so much more. Also, as a child, you want to accomplish all the dreams and goals set by your parents. But too much expectation would tend to bring you down. For instance, if your parents expect you to have perfect grades, you will have the tendency to either do everything in your power to make your parents happy, and just fail because it isn’t what you want to do. Willy and Biff Loman, characters from the book Death of a Salesman, are a perfect example. Willy expected for Biff to be as successful as he was. Also, Willy wanted Biff to take his place in the business. But all Biffs’ ideals in life are different than that of Willy’s. Eventually, Biff started to grow abhorrence towards his father for giving him a bunch of expectations that he can never achieve. Expectations are a good thing. Because it gives you a goal to look forward to and it could be something anyone could achieve if given the right one, but sometimes, if you have too many expectations, it could just corrupt everything and fall