The American Dream Death Of A Salesman Essay

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The American Dream, when you hear this, what is the first thing that pops into your mind? Is it the idea of success, money, family, etc.? In Death of a Salesman, we see a definition of the American Dream, we also can compare that definition to that of Miller’s and today’s society. As we compare these two we can see that Willy is indeed a victim of the American Dream.
The American Dream is that everyone in society has the equal opportunity to be successful and prosperous through hard work and determination. This idea is the same now as it was when Miller had written Death of a Salesman. The only difference is how our society has developed as a country. We now have different civil rights and care plans in place, as well as many different effects of war on our country. …show more content…

The underlying idea though has stayed the same.
Will Loman is a victim of the American Dream, we see in lines 66 and 67 that Willy worked hard to pay off the house and own it, something most people in America wish for especially in that time. We also see the influence in lines 73-74 and 80-83. Willy has a focus to not only working hard himself, but also to have Biff work hard and be a success instead of someone who works kind of hard and does not get a lot of payout. This goes into the idea of how society sees you and judges you. It seems as if he compares Biff to Happy and like he compares himself to the American Dream. I feel that the American Dream Willy wishes and compares his success to is the same that many business and non-business people compare their success to today. In our society, we see commercials, advertisements etc. that tell us how we should look, what we should own, what we “need”, and how to behave in certain situations, just to list a few. These same pressures occurred in Willy’s time and did have an impact on him. Again, he felt like a failure due to how he did not compare to Charley, a successful salesman friend. I think that if Willy was on this

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