Post #2

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.