Death of a salesman on the American Dream

The American reverie has stood to be distributively psyches idea of success. The American imagine is usually associated with 1940s America depiction of the high-minded family, as can be depicted from television shows such as Leave it to Beaver. However, this is one aspect and shallow analysis of the American dream that is non appropriate for all reaching to achieve their American dream. In Arthur Millers shoe consecraters last ofa Sales while, Miller succeeds in portraying this through the characters leave aloney and Biff.Their involution represents devil varying perspectives of the American dream, and this very struggle eads to the conclusion that the American dream is rooted in the by-line of a better life. Throughout Death of a Salesman, Miller portrays two ideas of the American dreams and it is definite that they are American dreams as they both deal with success and that characters idea of success. Though, this is where characters views differ and conflict with one a nonher.Willys American dream is to have his children succeed and to leave his stamp on the society which he was unable to succeed in doing so in a life long career as a salesman. Further more(prenominal), Willy lived in the ideology that being well liked was far more important and and necessary than being a Bernard type of person and make a living based on his studies. Willys belief and encouragement of this ideology upon his sons influenced Biff immensely. As a result, Biff did not put the case into his studies that would have enabled him to pass math and graduate high school and draw on to a university.Willy says, Because the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want. You subscribe me, for instance. I never have to wait in line to capture a buyer. Willy Loman is here Thats all they have to know and I go right through. (Act 1) According to Willy, someone who is capable of invoking personal interest in those around them will be more sure-fire regardless of ones cognition or intelligence.Biffs American dream is to free himself from the barriers of expectations, specifically those of his father. To free himself from his fathers in demand(p) dream for him and move towards his protest chosen life which is to live and own a ranch is the country. However, Biff only came to realize his dream after(prenominal)ward in his adult life as opposed to only attractive is father as he did as a child. It was only after the calamity of discover his fathers affair did Biff drift away from Willys expectations.It is as he becomes resolute to follow his own dreams rather than his fathers expectations he says, Will you let me go, for Christs sake? Will you take that phony dream and bring down it before something happens. (Act 2) This statement come from his final conversation with his father as Biff shows his last attempt to show Willy the he is not the person h e thought Biff would be. Nevertheless, it was fear of Biff defecting from becoming the rarified person Willy dreamed Biff would be that lead Willy to his downfall.As well as the crumbling of Willys American dream for Biff. The final message of Death of a Salesman is that a persons American dream is whatever one perceives it means be successful. forethought of displacement from that Biff not becoming successful defined by Willys expectations for him, and such fear can destroy ones American dream. Had it not been for Willys jam on Biff to follow his ideology and become his fathers expectations, Biff would not have disregarded his studies and would have been able to graduate high school, and ecome successful in his own way.Biffs American dream differs from that of the standard set by theAmerican dream of 1940s America. The lifestyle viewed as being the family of an American citizen of that era would be a young man, a young woman, with cardinal adorable children in the suburbs. How ever, Biff seems content with living like this, as the lifestyle depicted to be the goals of the American people are not suitable to him. The American dream depicted by the society of that time is Just one of many interpretations of the true American dream the pursuit of a happy life.