Is Willy A Success Or A Failure

The American Dream can mean many different things to different people. It means to work hard and become successful in life. In “Death of a Salesman” the main character Willy Loman is a man who is trying to live of what he thinks is the American Dream. He believes that being well-liked is the American Dream. Since he thinks this his life starts to become a failure at everything he does. Willy just wants to be successful at the end of all of it but fails to do that leading him to the decisions that he makes for himself.
Willy Loman see’s himself as a failure at what he does. He wanted to teach his sons what he believed was his wisdom. He is a man trying to live the American Dream. Willy is someone that is not very self-awareness or has good qualities. Willy works hard to be able to support him and his wife, also so that he can pay the bills.

He could have made better decisions from the start when he realized he was starting to be a failure. The causes of Willys disasters are presented with equal variety: he is defeated by society: he is too weak and immoral for any social conditions; he once made a wrong choice of careers; he married a woman who tired to stifle his sense of adventure; or simply that he got too old. The condition that constitutes Willy’s catastrophe is also variously described: he suffered a miserable and pointless death; he suffered the agony of seeing that he had worthless sons; he suffered that agony of the whole twenty-four hours of insane self-torture. (Field) When Willy is ready to give up his life, he maintains his belief that somehow there can be a link between love and success. When Biff finally confronts Willy with the truth of their failure and breaks down crying that is when Willy is at his peak: “He cried! Cried to me. That boy is going to be magnificent”. Willy may be deluded but his only delusion is that he thinks men can be magnificent because they love.