I loved reading “The Death of A Salesman”, even though I read it before I had an even better understanding of it this time. I really had a chance to think clearly about the play, since I knew what the whole story was about. The things I didn’t quite understand before I got the full meaning this time around. Reading this book for some reason was extremely fun it contained so much drama and excitement.

Willies dream was for his son Biff to become successful in life. He wants his son to get a job that makes him wealthier. Willy thinks his son is worth so much more, and he should take advantage of what he has to give. Linda is Biff and Happy’s mom and Willy’s wife; she is less fragile about handling situations than her husband is. Linda is always there for Willy till the very end, she loves him to death and would stick up for him in any situation possible. Biff and Happy’s Relationships are that Happy has always followed Biff his whole life. I feel like Happy felt he wasn’t good enough being just himself he wanted his dad to pay more attention to him and not so much to Biff. When Biff returned home from his twenty-eight dollar an hour job working on a ranch, Happy tried to help Biff get a better job and have a better life for himself. Biff is still trying to find himself; he is confused and doesn’t know who he really is. Happy tries to keep the peace between Biff and Willy, and also comfort Biff and try to better his future for the both of them to make their father proud.

The Visions Willy has from his past, at first were very confusing. The first time I read the book I didn’t understand what was going on I thought his visions were Willy having Alzheimer’s, and just thinking back on all the good times he had with his family before his time to go. After I read it for a second time I realized it was just fill ins to better the readers understanding of the story. That’s a very neat way to help the reader understand a story; I would of never thought of that. At first it’s complicated to get, but as the story goes on you start to understand why things happened and how they got where they are in life, and also why certain people are mentioned throughout the story. We also seen the film of the play in class, it helped me a lot. The movie helped me better comprehend the affair that Willy had with the other woman, also how Biff found out about it, and why Biff doesn’t get along with his dad that good anymore. I think it all has to do with that whole affair business. Willy is upset with himself and his life and doesn’t know who to take it out on so he takes it out on Biff. Willy regrets doing the things he did, but has no way to take them back. In the end Willy ends up giving in to all the pressure he had with making a perfect life for his family, and kills himself. The funny thing was he killed himself after they were set free. It was their last payment on the house, Biff and him settled all their differences and were eventually going to become close again, that would have made Willy so proud. His son meant the world to him. Who knew why Willy decided to kill himself after finally becoming a whole family again. I feel that he still deep down felt that he couldn’t go on living with the fact that he cheated on Linda that’s why he was so controlling and short tempered with her. It made him feel so guilty. She loved him so much and the fact that she had no idea that even went on made him feel horrible inside. Willy was alone mentally, the last couple years before he passed away. He was inhaling gas without anyone knowing, and struggling through things he never wanted anyone else to worry about. He wanted his family to think everything was fine and he would always be able to take care of them. The gas made him go crazy. He started to lose his mind. Linda being alone shouldn’t be that bad because she was alone for most of her life anyways. She just couldn’t get through to Willy she tried so hard, but he just had too much guilt to listen to anyone.
Overall this book was full of twists and turns that were very enjoyable. I feel bad for everything Willy went through in life. He wanted to make a perfect life with just enough money so his family can survive, but the stress got to him. Biff ended up finding himself in the end. He was just himself he didn’t want to be no suit and tie salesman he wanted to be Biff and Willy just couldn’t accept that. This book was called “The Death of A Salesman” because Willy was fighting a battle within himself that was not successful in the end as his career was not successful. When commenting: can you focus more on the point I was trying to get across to my readers, the way my writing is presented, and if i have any grammar issues.