How Does Willy Reached The American Dream
The American Dream "America has long been known as a land of opportunity. Out of that thinking comes the "American Dream," the idea that anyone can ultimately achieve success, even if he or she began with nothing." In the Death of a Salesman there are many characters that are in the pursuit of the American Dream, so far in the story not many of them have reached this goal. The characters that are in the pursuit of the American Dream include Willy, Biff, and Happy Loman. There are also characters in this play that have actually reached the American Dream and they include: Uncle Ben, Charley, and Howard Wagener. Howard Wagener has reached the American dream through his father's successes. His father's name was Frank Wagener, Willy's old
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Howard fires him and Willy is very upset. To some people the American Dream means having power and at this moment in time in the play Howard has to feel very powerful because he can fires someone if he feels like it and he can tell the what to do. Howard has reached the American Dream through money, which gives you power. Charley is an old friend and he is the neighbor of the Loman's. Charley is a successful businessman. Willy is resentful of his successes but they are still good friends. Charley has reached the American Dream all on his own he has climbed to the top of the ladder all by himself, working his butt off. Charley offers Willy a job because he cannot pay his bills and Willy declines. Charley is a very powerful and successful man, but he does not use that power in a bad way like Howard does, he offers his friend a job. Uncle Ben is Willy's older brother who recently died. He was wealthy and represents the success that Willy wishes he could have had. Ben is the representation of the American Dream. He attained his goals of success before death and became a wealthy man, which to his was attaining the American …show more content…
The whole Loman family did not reach their American Dream yet in the story. Happy is the youngest son of the Loman family. He works as a buyer in a department store and lives in his won apartment in the city. Outwardly a success. Although Happy is successful that does not mean that he has reached his ultimate American Dream. He wants an exciting job with his brother selling sports equipment and playing the games to advertise the equipment.
"You and I, Biff-we have a line, the Loman Line. We train a couple of weeks, and put on a couple of exhibitions." Biff has not reached the American Dream what-so-ever he received a sports scholarship but he did not attend college because he was failing math and was finding out about his fathers affair. He steals from just about every job that he has had and has continued drifting. He is 34 and does not have anything. Biff has not even tried to reach the American Dream which would probably be a sports career for him. Willy Loman is 63 he had. a chance to reach his American Dream once when he was invited to go to Alaska with his brother, Ben who turned out to be
Howard fires him and Willy is very upset. To some people the American Dream means having power and at this moment in time in the play Howard has to feel very powerful because he can fires someone if he feels like it and he can tell the what to do. Howard has reached the American Dream through money, which gives you power. Charley is an old friend and he is the neighbor of the Loman's. Charley is a successful businessman. Willy is resentful of his successes but they are still good friends. Charley has reached the American Dream all on his own he has climbed to the top of the ladder all by himself, working his butt off. Charley offers Willy a job because he cannot pay his bills and Willy declines. Charley is a very powerful and successful man, but he does not use that power in a bad way like Howard does, he offers his friend a job. Uncle Ben is Willy's older brother who recently died. He was wealthy and represents the success that Willy wishes he could have had. Ben is the representation of the American Dream. He attained his goals of success before death and became a wealthy man, which to his was attaining the American …show more content…
The whole Loman family did not reach their American Dream yet in the story. Happy is the youngest son of the Loman family. He works as a buyer in a department store and lives in his won apartment in the city. Outwardly a success. Although Happy is successful that does not mean that he has reached his ultimate American Dream. He wants an exciting job with his brother selling sports equipment and playing the games to advertise the equipment.
"You and I, Biff-we have a line, the Loman Line. We train a couple of weeks, and put on a couple of exhibitions." Biff has not reached the American Dream what-so-ever he received a sports scholarship but he did not attend college because he was failing math and was finding out about his fathers affair. He steals from just about every job that he has had and has continued drifting. He is 34 and does not have anything. Biff has not even tried to reach the American Dream which would probably be a sports career for him. Willy Loman is 63 he had. a chance to reach his American Dream once when he was invited to go to Alaska with his brother, Ben who turned out to be