Willy Loman's Death Of A Salesman

The American Dream and The Death of A Salesman
The american dream is something every american family makes great efforts to achieve. Some families push themselves too hard to get where they feel they’ve achieved the American Dream; this is the case with the Loman family.
The play Death of a Salesman shows a perspective in values, dreams, goals, and success in our consumer-driven society. It helps show the American dream that people tried to accomplish even in the 1900’s. The dream? To be a successful business person or vendor. As well as the idea that image and physical traits are the most important to earning attention.
Willy Loman plays a man in his sixties who has gone all out for his American dream for the past 30 years of his life

but in reality has failed poorly on his goal. His goal? To be a rich salesman like his icon Dave Singleman.
Willy goes through extreme measures causing himself to go into a deep state of depression. The Dream that Willy aims so badly to achieve is one filled with imperfection upon imperfection.
First of all, Willy dreamed of all the wrong things.

Second, Willy gives himself way too much recognition. Last but not least, Willy believed that the only important things in his life were the achievements he’s accomplished and the amount of friends he made.
"He had all the wrong dreams. All, all wrong, he never knew who he was" said Biff. Willy is a man of confusion and pain. He should want things like love and companionship instead of money. Willy made a meaningless life where his wife Linda was a part of the problem instead of a solution. Her constant love and loyalty only made the fire bigger instead of solving it. In the life of support, Linda is and always will be Willy's number one fan, but to no control did she encourage Willy’s lies.
Another problem of Willy's dream is that he gives himself too much recognition. He continuously goes on in the play about how he is well know in all of New England as a great salesman. However, in reality he is an ordinary, aging deadbeat. He puts on a mask for the most damaging person: himself. It is the constant lying to himself that kills his soul. His constant determination of a goal that a man of his outlook could never accomplish is very dangerous to his sanity. This can be seen when Biff says, "Pop! I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you!" Willy replies, "I am not a dime a

dozen!”
Willy Loman's dream is a switch of the American Dream. Willy believes that the only things that are important in life are the accomplishments that he reached and the amount of friends that he made. This can be seen when Willy says " It's who you know and the smile on your face! ... and that's the wonder, the wonder of this country, that a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!". Success is a not only huge, important part of the American dream. However, Willy puts too much attention on the need to gain success. He ignores the needs of his family and chooses to continue the mindset that as long as he is well liked he will gain success. Even though he has lost the skills to sell, Willy continues to believe that if he works hard good things will happen to him and his family. Linda realizes this and can be seen when she takes these thoughts to her sons Biff and Happy when she says "He drives seven hundred miles, and when he gets there no one knows him anymore… what goes through a man's mind, driving seven hundred miles home without earning a cent?". Overall, Willy has unrealistic ideas about the American Dream. Even in the end Willy still believes that the only thing Biff needs to be successful is some…