Loman Compare And Contrast Essay

The main idea of the piece “Death of a Salesman,” is that Miller tries to address the loss of personality and what a man is capable of achieving when he feels powerless to change. Miller uses the Loman family Willy, Linda, Biff, and Happy to develop a cycle of inconsistency with relationships. The acknowledgment that Willy is unfaithful to Linda affects Biff. Biff understands that Willy has made a false image of himself for his family, society, and for himself. By committing suicide, he believes he will be helping his family economically. The play finishes up with Willy’s burial service. In the piece “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry she explains how the Younger family learned lessons on how dreams can sometimes be a curse.
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This will only happen if his family will allow him to roll with the big check they are about to receive. Walter becomes infatuated with the idea of being a successful businessman because he wants to care for his family and be consider as a man. However, that idea of becoming a successful businessman falls flat. When Walter says, “you wouldn't understand yet, son, but your daddy’s gonna make a transaction . . . a business transaction that is going to change our lives [ . . . ] man ... I trusted you . . . man, I put my life in your hands . . . man . . . that money is made out of my father’s flesh” (Hansberry 326, 340). By Walter saying this proves that he failed to achieve what he had planned. Walter was very arrogant with the idea of becoming a successful businessman without any background knowledge. When Walter says, “going to change our lives” proves that Walter believes he is able to achieve his goal if he follows what people who do not have his best interest advice. By allowing that to happen Walter lost all of the money, which he failed to take care of and now he will not become that successful businessman that he had planned. Walter and Willy show how easy it is to become obsessive over and idea that they both knew they will never achieve. Aside from covering the truth from their families, they fail their families by pretending to be someone they are