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Digging Your Own Grave


            
            
            
             We all strive to be somebody big in this world. Some one successful, someone powerful, someone well liked. But at what point must we be honest with ourselves? When is it time to face the fact that we can' fit into all of these categories, that we are who we are? It is when we fail to recognize this that the line between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and things begin to fall apart. Willy Loman, the star of Arthur Miller's playwright, The Death of a Salesman, is the epitome of this disillusioned state of being. Willy is so engrossed with the idea of being the most successful, most well-liked salesman in New England, that he becomes blind to his true identity. Throughout the book neglects to recognize the fact that he has become unsuccessful in his career as a salesman, yet instead of this on as a challenge, Willy lies to himself and his family in order to make his situation seem temporarily acceptable. Along with this, Willy's sons and his wife try to support Willy by lying to him, which in the long run only perpetuates his superficial self image. Willy's denial not only stands in the way of his success, but also is what drives him to lose his sanity, and eventually his life.
             Willy returns from another long, unsuccessful business trip. Frustrated with his circumstances, he complains to his wife, Linda. As Willy grumbles, he starts to talk about how things "used to be-, looking back into his past, visualizing his sons still youthful, and his life still fruitful. . Now, in his old age, he reminisces with spite for the present.
             The street is lined with cars. There's not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood. The grass don't grow any more, you can't raise a carrot in the back yard. They should've had a law against apartment houses. Remember those two beautiful elm trees out there? When I and Biff hung the swing between them?- (Willy, pg 17).
             From the beginning of the play, Willy wishes things in his life took place the way they used to when he was still a profitable business man, a role-model for his family, and a proud father of two boys,.


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