... is human nature to want to have or be something that they are not. In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Miller's Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman and Gatsby are characters dominated by an American dream that destroyed them. Their dreams come from an illusionary past and were also based outside of their ... the past, he could never escape it. His journey into the past and his dream ultimately destroyed him, and took his present and future. Willy Loman, on the other hand, never enjoyed the success or wealth that Gatsby encountered in his life. His dream was based in an illusionary past in ....

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... inevitable death. In the first piece, The Death of a Salesman, there is a ubiquitous representation of hope and the resulting success, or rather lack thereof. Willy Loman has several hopes, but they all stem from his single personal mantra: "Be well liked"(Cite this). He believes that the key to success ... in life is to follow the aforementioned mantra. The main goal of Willy is to prove his mantra to his son Biff. A conspicuous example of his desperate attempt to portray his mantra to his boys is seen when ... died that Biff would emulate his mantra into his own life. Unfortunately, B...

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