After reading death of a salesman’s , I was a little disappointed because he killed himself and I thought that there was another way that he didn’t have to kill himself. But besides that the book was good, a little hard to follow with him always second guessing himself. I always wanted to know what happened to Willy and why he was losing his mind. What was it that made him live in the past and not the present and why he depend so much on his kids. And I didn’t get why he never just took the job from Charley when he knew that he just lost his job and need the money. He had so much pride that it really got the best of him. To me Willy really was losing his mind and needed help and his family wasn’t helping only making it worse and in the end it couldn’t take it anymore. He didn’t know what he wanted and it really got to him in the end.

We should care about Willy because he was a good salesman. He cared and was honest and through his personality he sold his goods. Time has moved on, but Willy hasn’t. The business world has moved ahead and the way of selling goods had changed, but Willy can’t see this. Willy Loman has never come to terms with reality. He has lost touch with reality and is slowing losing his mind. His life is a dream and derives all his pleasures from the past and he always assures himself that all is well. Willy’s character is full of pride; he doesn’t really care about anything else. If he has his pride, he is happy. He has pride in his sons and pride in being independent.

After reading Death of a salesman, I can’t help but think what Willy’s dream actually was. If it was to be the best salesman, than that was over when he ws fired. If it was to pay off the money he owed, then why didn’t he accept a job from Charley, when he practically begged him to take a job. It was a good story, but it was some what confusing to me. It was never revealed what Biff’s plan was either. They never said what happened to the Loman line plan that they came up with. I don’t think Willy really knew what he wanted. I think that it was written like that to express how clueless Willy really was.

Willy is a troubled man that does not know hwere he belongs. He does work that he does not like because he thinks it is the right thing to do. In my eyes he is disabled, he was hit by the truck that is modern society. Willy fought to fit in, he wanted to be like everyone else and in the end he accomplished this feat. He ended up like the man he admired, dead.

I have learned many things from Biff, such as having many dreams and goals in life. Biff grows up with many problems but starts to find work and follows his goals. I have many goals in life that I want to reach. This is why I believe Biff will be alright. Happy I believe will not, Happy does not know how to take the next step without Willy telling him what to do, but I believe if happy just follows his brother he will be alright.

Willy is what makes the whole story possible. Willy is the reason that we have a problem. Willy is the the only thing that really matters in the book other than Biff, because Willy would still be crazy if everybodyelse was gone. However metaphorically, we are Willy. We see life through Willy’s eyes in the book, and so if anything happens to him, it’s like it’s happening to us. That is why we like Willy.