After this event occurs, Biff throws away everything he ever worked for in order to “punish” his father. He allows himself to fail math, to not go to college, and to abandon his family. Biff then goes to the South, where he works as a farmhand and eventually winds up in jail. He does all of this after realizing that all of the values his father had instilled in him were not even being lived out by his father. Everything Biff thought he knew appears to be a lie to him. In Willy’s mind, these values were true and he was simply showing his sons that they were both more than capable of being successful. By squandering his entire future, Biff shows that he is not capable and does not care enough to be a success. These three scenes from Death of a Salesman demonstrate Willy’s inability to face the reality that he is not successful like his brother, well-liked like his father, and able to make his sons successful. If Willy achieved any of the prior, he could have lived his American Dream. Many people are unable to attain their own American Dream due to greed, materialism, and carelessness in the world. Willy, being one of the victims of this world, was unable to rise above the circumstances he was given as
After this event occurs, Biff throws away everything he ever worked for in order to “punish” his father. He allows himself to fail math, to not go to college, and to abandon his family. Biff then goes to the South, where he works as a farmhand and eventually winds up in jail. He does all of this after realizing that all of the values his father had instilled in him were not even being lived out by his father. Everything Biff thought he knew appears to be a lie to him. In Willy’s mind, these values were true and he was simply showing his sons that they were both more than capable of being successful. By squandering his entire future, Biff shows that he is not capable and does not care enough to be a success. These three scenes from Death of a Salesman demonstrate Willy’s inability to face the reality that he is not successful like his brother, well-liked like his father, and able to make his sons successful. If Willy achieved any of the prior, he could have lived his American Dream. Many people are unable to attain their own American Dream due to greed, materialism, and carelessness in the world. Willy, being one of the victims of this world, was unable to rise above the circumstances he was given as