A Raisin In The Sun And Death Of A Salesman Analysis

Two different men, with one shared dream, and both of which have different outcomes. In the plays, A Raisin in the Sun by Arthur Miller and Death of a Salesman by Lorraine Hansberry, the two major characters, Walter and Willy are important people with similar personal struggles and a shared dream of making it rich. The characters have similar struggles, with the outcome of them pursuing their dreams ending similarly.
The characters of Walter and Willy have many common characteristics. Both Willy and Walter are discontent men with supportive women in their lives. Willy has his wife Linda, and Walter has his wife, Ruth and his mother Lena. While both may receive support from these women it happens in different ways. Linda always stands up for
Willy is an old man at his point in his life, he is stuck in the past. He tried throughout his life to become a rich salesman but was not able to achieve this status. The company he worked at for thirdly four years, ends up putting him on commission and then fires him after he asks them to give him a desk job. This leads him to push his dream on to favorite son Biff, who rejects it. This rejection by his son leads Willy to break down, and start to hate his life. He puts up a front that he is a super popular, successful salesman. He does because he wants everyone to see him that ways, but deep down he believes himself be a failure. This leads him to think that he is worth more to his family dead that he is a life. Walter like Willy also wants to prove to this family that he is worthy to be the man of the house. Walter also dreams of being a rich successful man, he is envious of those who are rich and wants to be like them. Willy likewise is envious of his family member Charley because he became a successful businessman. Walter is a younger man, he works as for a rich family as a chauffeur and hates it. He wants more out of life than to be just a chauffeur he like Willy dreams of being rich. He gets his opportunity then the insurance money from his father’s passing is delivered. The money is a source of conflict between him and his family. His family wants to use the money for other purposes, yet he wants to use the money to go into business and become rich. During the story, the conflict between Walter and his family grows then he tells his mother, “So you butchered up a dream of mine—you—who always talking 'bout your children's dreams . . .” (Hansberry 52). He said this because she wouldn’t give him money to use to invest in his dream. This is like Willy and his relationship with his son Biff. Willy dreams of Biff being a super businessman, but he constantly let down by him throughout the