Similarities Between Willy And Jay Gatsby
It is often the case that things may not really be as they seem. When a man such as Jay Gatsby seems like he has his whole life figured out, he is really at the starting line trying to fulfill his American dream. However, when things are not looking so bright in Willy Loman’s business and family situations, Willy is looking for all the negatives instead of focusing on the positives. Willy Loman from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is a more successful character compared to Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in their family situations, their business conditions, and the fulfillment of their American dreams.
From a perspective of family, Willy is missing the good that he has but Gatsby has no close family to rely on at all. Gatsby tells the story of how he left home at a young age in the pursuit of …show more content…
Willy Loman was much more successful than he thought he was; he had paid off all his family debt with hiss low wage job as Linda mentions after Willy’s death “we just paid off the last of the debt,” but Willy was again too foolish to realize it. Linda also mentions how immense Willy’s potential was to be a skilled craftsman as a profession. Willy would “refurbish the house wonderfully” and if he took the one opportunity that Ben had given him to do manly work, then there was no telling how big Willy’s fortune and success could have been. Jay Gatsby, on the other hand, was a bootlegger who was tied up in illegal business. His huge fortune and his nice shirts and seemingly successful status was masking what he really did with his “pharmaceutical and drug” business. While Gatsby masked his illegal business with a vast success, Willy could not realize that his business situation was just fine and that he had enormous potential to be a master
From a perspective of family, Willy is missing the good that he has but Gatsby has no close family to rely on at all. Gatsby tells the story of how he left home at a young age in the pursuit of …show more content…
Willy Loman was much more successful than he thought he was; he had paid off all his family debt with hiss low wage job as Linda mentions after Willy’s death “we just paid off the last of the debt,” but Willy was again too foolish to realize it. Linda also mentions how immense Willy’s potential was to be a skilled craftsman as a profession. Willy would “refurbish the house wonderfully” and if he took the one opportunity that Ben had given him to do manly work, then there was no telling how big Willy’s fortune and success could have been. Jay Gatsby, on the other hand, was a bootlegger who was tied up in illegal business. His huge fortune and his nice shirts and seemingly successful status was masking what he really did with his “pharmaceutical and drug” business. While Gatsby masked his illegal business with a vast success, Willy could not realize that his business situation was just fine and that he had enormous potential to be a master