Joseph Act II

Charley’s choice words to say at Willy’s Funeral were, “He's a man out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine... A salesman is got to dream, boy.”
The American Dream, Willy had ever so wanted to obtain had started out clouded. The lies and deceptions that occur in his life. His strong hopes of being well liked and hardworking fall short as he is fired from his job from who he claims he help rise in strength. He does the menial work of an intern in which he had found as insulting. He loses himself and the morals he stood by.

This picture represents Willy. He is at a point where nothing can go for him. He has been left by everyone. His brother, his neighbor, his wife, and his son all resent the actions Willy has taken in his life. He was never satisfied with them and his selfishness lead him to his utter death.

If I were to be included as one of Willy son’s I think he would forget about me consistently. He showed so much time to Biff he really didn't have much attention for anything other than being a salesman.

After reading the story Death of a Salesman are recurring themes that out to me throughout the story and that is about the American dream. too many people the American dream is to become rich and not worry about life and have enough money to make everybody happy in your life. throughout the story we see really struggled to do this or to even if paying any sort of amount of riches. This shows how hard the American dream is to acquire for people and if they set their goals high and they might become disappointed with the results that they acquire. Many people including Willy believe that you just get the American dream you don't have to necessarily work for it. Willy soon finds out that he is dead wrong and for the remaining of his life he worked towards that dream but he never quite gets too it.One of the main reasons that I believe that he never quite get to the American dream is because he feels too full of himself and believes that he alone can achieve it through his own sheer will but he doesn't understand that it requires more effort than a lot of people care to get and far few people actually achieve.This is shown by the end of the story when his family is practically falling apart. In the American dream none of that will ever happen and they would live happily ever after but as we now know the American dream is by far hard to achieve and acquire.

Aiden Searles
Blog #2

Throughout the play, Death of a Salesman, Biff stands out because he is trying to be realistic and to uncover the truth about himself and his family. This make him stand out because his father and brother fall into a disillusionment because of their serious desire to be well liked. In contrast to his father and his brother, Biff recognizes his failure and eventually manages to confront it. Willy and Happy alternatively, can’t seem to acknowledge the reality of their failures and shortcomings. When Biff discovers that Willy has a mistress, he loses the faith that he had in his father. Also, finding out about his father has committed adultery with this woman, Biff realizes that Willy and his ambitions are not as great as Willy claims. After this event, Biff is seen by Willy as an underachiever and seemingly a disappointment in Willy’s eyes, but Biff, being the realistic one of the three, sees himself as being trapped in Willy’s outrageous fantasy. Biff becomes determined to find out the lies surrounding the Loman family and becomes intent on revealing the simple and humble truth behind Willy’s fantasy. Another contrast between Biff and his father is shown with Biff’s desire to get territory in the west. That desire symbolizes his idea of the American Dream, while Willy is more concerned about a more materialistic version of the American Dream. This is shown when Willy throws out his wife stockings because he is too proud to let his wife wear an old pair. This disillusionment also is obvious when he denies the job offered to him by Charley.

The Death of a Salesman

In Act II in Death of a Salesmen the themes of betrayal and abandonment shows its ugly head and really starts to take a toll on the characters in the book. First it seems like Ben abandons his family and his brother when he leaves his home town for Alaska to follow his dreams leaving his bother trying to peruse his morphed idea of the American Dream. Later it seems Willy betrays his wife after Biff comes to see him in Boston to seek help from his dad after he was informed he failed math and wouldn’t be able to graduate only to find his dad hiding a women in the bathroom claiming she is just a “Seller” who was staying down the hall whose room was being painted when in fact he was cheating on his wife and family because as he told Biff in the same scene he was supposedly very lonely. This really is an eye opener giving some insight as to why maybe Willy and his son’s relationship was somewhat suffering. The theme of abandonment also plays a role when after Happy and Biff leave their father alone at the restaurant for two girls after Biff and his father have somewhat of a heated argument over a business meeting that takes place earlier that day. This really seemed to be Willies breaking point. He seems to just crumble and implode after that point in the play. What do you feel out of the two themes played the biggest role in the outcome of the play?

Death Of A Salesman Act II

The final showdown of the second act is like the end of the first act in structure and emotion. Linda once again acts as the voice of reason in the household, making fun of Biff and happy for their lack of care for their father. Biff and Happy result in improving themselves, Happy decides to settle down, while Biff breaks down emotionally and cries for his father. Biff admits that he was unavailable for months not because he did not care to contact his parents, but rather because he was in jail. This contradicts earlier indications that he did not care for his parents. The final confrontation between Biff and Willy is different for each. While Biff focuses on Willy's false dreams for himself and for his sons, Willy seems concerned only with what his sons think of him. Willy still retains a belief that Biff and Happy are important people capable of great success, while Biff takes the more realistic view that they are common people incapable of achieving their dreams. This returns to the theme of Willy's untouchable goal, which guarantee that he will never be satisfied in his real life. It is this impossibility to fully achieve success that drives Willy Loman to suicide. His suicide can be thought of as almost a sacrifice, because the belief that Biff may go into business with the insurance money he gained from his death. Willy's suicide may be related to his problems that were fixed with his elder son having realized how much Biff cares for him and convinced that Biff does not behave out of spite, Willy can now sacrifice himself for his son.

In the book Death of a Salesman Willy is a very confused old man and not only is he old but his sons are old also The same way that he is. Willy is delusional in the sense of his job and in the sense of his life. He is constantly talking about people that is not that are not there and spacing out behind the wheel of his car. This shows how fragile people are really and how common problems in families are. His sons are two very completely different people the one cannot hold down a job to save his life he has been working as a farmer and was fired from that even though he believes that is his job. The other one is a player and is in the pursuit of riches. his name is happy even though he is far from happy. these examples show how far from the American dream this family actually is and what they are to do about it. and Willie's case he becomes very Bipolar in the case of his boys one minute he will be telling how lazy and disrespectful they are the next to you will be praising them for how hard-working and dedicated and focused they are at their job which goes to show you this state that Willy has put himself into. Not all dreams are what we want in life.

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After reading the story Death of a Salesman are recurring themes that out to me throughout the story and that is about the American dream. too many people the American dream is to become rich and not worry about life and have enough money to make everybody happy in your life. throughout the story we see really struggled to do this or to even if paying any sort of amount of riches. this shows how hard the American dream is to acquire for people and if they set their goals high and they might become disappointed with the results that they acquire. Many people including Willy believe that you just get the American dream you don't have to necessarily work for it. Willy soon finds out that he is dead wrong and for the remaining of his life he worked towards that dream but he never quite gets too it.One of the main reasons that I believe that he never quite get to the American dream is because he feels too full of himself and believes that he alone can achieve it through his own sheer will but he doesn't understand that it requires more effort than a lot of people care to get and far few people actually achieve.This is shown by the end of the story when his family is practically falling apart. In the American dream none of that will ever happen and they would live happily ever after but as we now know the American dream is by far hard to achieve and acquire.

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In the second part of the play i feel the theme of abandonment has a big effect on the characters. Willy’s life charts a course from one abandonment to the next, leaving him in greater despair each time. Willy’s father leaves him and Ben when Willy is very young, leaving Willy neither a tangible (money) nor an intangible (history) legacy. Ben eventually departs for Alaska, leaving Willy to lose himself in a warped vision of the American Dream. 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. The picture i've chosen to represent this blog is writing on the wall that says “Please don’t leave me”. All Willy wants in his life is to keep his family together and live out the American Dream. But sadly it seems his family is falling apart at every turn even when things seem to begin to mend themselves.