Essay On Death Of A Salesman
Humans make an average of thirty thousand or more conscious choices everyday. Whether to get out of bed in the morning, Cocoa Pebbles or Lucky Charms, or what to wear are just the tip of the iceberg. The thing is, our choices shape us into who we become. In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller creates this theme perfectly through his use of characterization development on the Loman family. Miller’s splendid work of literature depicts a family that was once connected, spiral out of control due to the choices they made. Each member of the family made choices, good and bad. Some resulting in death, oblivion and confusion. Others achieved personal progression and discovered their significance. Arthur Miller’s character develop because of
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All the while, Willy is literally going insane and Linda chooses not to tell her sons. When the boys come to stay at the house, they are taken aback by the state of their father, furious that she hadn’t told them sooner. Linda claims she didn’t want to hurt his pride but ultimately it was a very selfish choice. Among this selfish choice, Linda makes two other very selfish decisions. The first is that she also doesn’t inform the boys about Willy’s attempted suicide at first, and perhaps the biggest conceited decision of all was that Linda never got Willy professional help. To “save his pride” Linda practically let Willy kill himself, a decision she eventually regrets. On the other hand, brother Happy has no regrets; he has been a careless, chipper boy all his life. With his prideful charisma, Happy laughs everything off most of the time. But at Willy’s funeral Happy vows to honor his father’s lifestyle. “ HAPPY: All right, boy. I’m gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have- to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him.” (Act 2) With the hopes of following in his father’s footsteps, one can only worry if he will have the same fate his father
All the while, Willy is literally going insane and Linda chooses not to tell her sons. When the boys come to stay at the house, they are taken aback by the state of their father, furious that she hadn’t told them sooner. Linda claims she didn’t want to hurt his pride but ultimately it was a very selfish choice. Among this selfish choice, Linda makes two other very selfish decisions. The first is that she also doesn’t inform the boys about Willy’s attempted suicide at first, and perhaps the biggest conceited decision of all was that Linda never got Willy professional help. To “save his pride” Linda practically let Willy kill himself, a decision she eventually regrets. On the other hand, brother Happy has no regrets; he has been a careless, chipper boy all his life. With his prideful charisma, Happy laughs everything off most of the time. But at Willy’s funeral Happy vows to honor his father’s lifestyle. “ HAPPY: All right, boy. I’m gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have- to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him.” (Act 2) With the hopes of following in his father’s footsteps, one can only worry if he will have the same fate his father