Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman

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ever! He never sold a thing. Willy stops seeing the truth at one
point of his life and he relies on his own lies to numb his pain. The pain
of knowing he cannot and wont be able to become Dave Singleman. He is
Willy Loman, who is good at fixing the house. He is not cut out for
travelling from city to city and selling goods to people he has never met
before. Willy dramatically dies living out his dream, the dream that never
suited Willy Loman.

Willy does not allow people to tell him what to do. He believes
that he cannot be bossed around and that he is too important to fall under
anyone's authority but his own. Willy teaches Biff and Happy not to take
orders from anyone. He thinks this will make Biff, Happy and himself
successful, but it is in fact a major contribution to Willies failure.
Willy did not become a "Big Shot" meaning he did not become important to
the field of retail. Willy thought he was a "big shot" when he was not and
this must have made people ...

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