... he think he does try to accomplish it but he dismantles his family in the process. Willy Loman had accomplished the historical American Dream but because of his ambition he did not realize it. When Willy was deciding to go with his brother to look for his father he met Dave Singleman. ... caught in the rat race, still under the impression that wealth and status are the keys to fulfillment" ("Death of a Salesman"). Willy's lack of understanding life and confusion about the real American Dream make him teach his sons wrong, and his failure is because he never really understood ... what w...

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... - liked, wealthy and successful personality by trying to follow the ideas of the "American Dream-. The protagonist of the story is the 60ish Willy Loman being at the rough end of an undistinguished career as a salesman, and the pressures of his life are causing him to lose contact with ... reality. Living partly in the present (1949) and partly in the past (1928), Willy clings to fantasies of success for both himself and his sons, womanizing underachiever Happy and prodigal runaway Biff and simultaneously veils the family's hopeless financial ... situation. Since 36 years the small, al...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate