Death of a Salesman

Isaac Barker English 102-47 Mr. Hammersmith 16 April 2012 Victims of Themselves Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman tells the story of how Willy Lomans life was affected by his throw together to obtain his version of the American Dream. Similar to F. Scott Fitzgeralds The peachy Gatsby, Millers play also gives a cypher of what the corruption and greed of hostel in those days did to the stargaze while at the same time showing that Willy was not a victim of society, but one of his own decisions. level off though The Great Gatsby was written more then 20 years prior, the theme of a businessman longing to achieve the American Dream that society had created is prevalent. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby, in the same expressive style Miller uses Willy, to show how chasing after the unobtainable dream that society has created only removes one from reality: Fitzgerald sees the American dreamâ€"its political theory and its very characterâ€"as a contradiction to and a distortion of reality (Hearne 190). As the plot develops in twain Jay and Willys stories we see them drifting further and further from sanity as they struggle to prove to those around them that they have been roaring in achieving their versions of the dream.

For Willy it is the knowledge of the accomplishments of wealthy people in his bygone like his brother Bens success at such(prenominal) a young age that consumes him. Multiple times he says The man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and hes rich (Miller 28). Willy lets this story and ones similar to it descend over him and consume him while Jay Gatsby lets the hope of impressing his former yellowish brown Daisy control him. Gatsby devotes his young life to achieving wealth, which is the one thing that he believes is keeping him from having her. Their missions to become something different from who they are only furthers them from reality. In Death of a Salesman, Willy comes in and out of sanity in almost every conversation he... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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