Wow, I’ve always known that this story is one of the most famous ones in all of American Literature but I had not read it until yesterday. I thought it was great! Everything about the story made sense and was totally believable! I don’t know if it’s fiction or non-fiction but I know one thing: this story is amazing. I thought that Willy was somewhat of a bad guy. Even though I understood his struggles I still think he should have never been so harsh on his own son, Biff, it’s just not right to treat a son like that regardless of his age. What Willy is basically doing is emotional abuse. Poor Biff may have done mistakes in his life but he’s an adult now and Willy had no right to treat him like that. It is Biff’s decision about what to do with his life and I think it’s so messed up how his own family doesn’t accept him the way he is. If I were Happy, I’d tell my Willy to leave Biff alone because Biff obviously chose the life he wanted and as much as it hurts Willy to accept the fact that his son doesn’t want to be a salesman like him, he needs to get over it and just love Biff for who he is. The moment Biff cried to his dad towards the end, I just felt so bad. It seems like no matter what Biff did to try to please his father or please his own life was futile. However, I felt like good knowing that Willy died overjoyed with his son’s decision, even though Biff only agreed to do what his dad wanted because he loved him, not because being salesman was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Besides this, the story is great in bringing up the past in just the right moments. Like whenever something good was happening, Willy’s past would come back to haunt him and make him hallucinate things and go crazy. I felt like that was his payback for being so rude to his own son. I wonder if the reason why he disliked Biff so much was because Willy knew that Biff knew about his secret: of how he cheated on his wife. I’m pretty sure that is the reason though. Anyway, I felt a word that would be perfect to describe this great story would be karma. How if you ever do something bad to the ones you love and don’t apologize and don’t learn from your mistakes, it WILL come back to haunt you and eventually destroy you, unless you repent. I only feel bad for Willy’s family though, how they lost a dad but I don’t feel bad for Willy because as a man, he should have apologized to his son AND to his wife, most importantly for cheating on her. God has a way of dealing things that will always make the bad guys pay and the good guys celebrate; I think this story is the perfect example of that.
The thought that he had of his son Biff going places because he is well liked and his neighbor Bernard not accomplishing the American Dream because he was just like were obstructed by his own son telling him he wanted to work in a farm. Bernard’s success as a lawyer who is arguing a case in Washington DC in front of the Supreme Court also contributed to Willy’s disappointment. The neighbors (Charley and Bernard) both symbolize successful people that were clearly educated did not need to be well liked.
Wow, I’ve always known that this story is one of the most famous ones in all of American Literature but I had not read it until yesterday. I thought it was great! Everything about the story made sense and was totally believable! I don’t know if it’s fiction or non-fiction but I know one thing: this story is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Willy was somewhat of a bad guy. Even though I understood his struggles I still think he should have never been so harsh on his own son, Biff, it’s just not right to treat a son like that regardless of his age. What Willy is basically doing is emotional abuse. Poor Biff may have done mistakes in his life but he’s an adult now and Willy had no right to treat him like that. It is Biff’s decision about what to do with his life and I think it’s so messed up how his own family doesn’t accept him the way he is.
If I were Happy, I’d tell my Willy to leave Biff alone because Biff obviously chose the life he wanted and as much as it hurts Willy to accept the fact that his son doesn’t want to be a salesman like him, he needs to get over it and just love Biff for who he is.
The moment Biff cried to his dad towards the end, I just felt so bad. It seems like no matter what Biff did to try to please his father or please his own life was futile. However, I felt like good knowing that Willy died overjoyed with his son’s decision, even though Biff only agreed to do what his dad wanted because he loved him, not because being salesman was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.
Besides this, the story is great in bringing up the past in just the right moments. Like whenever something good was happening, Willy’s past would come back to haunt him and make him hallucinate things and go crazy. I felt like that was his payback for being so rude to his own son. I wonder if the reason why he disliked Biff so much was because Willy knew that Biff knew about his secret: of how he cheated on his wife. I’m pretty sure that is the reason though.
Anyway, I felt a word that would be perfect to describe this great story would be karma. How if you ever do something bad to the ones you love and don’t apologize and don’t learn from your mistakes, it WILL come back to haunt you and eventually destroy you, unless you repent. I only feel bad for Willy’s family though, how they lost a dad but I don’t feel bad for Willy because as a man, he should have apologized to his son AND to his wife, most importantly for cheating on her. God has a way of dealing things that will always make the bad guys pay and the good guys celebrate; I think this story is the perfect example of that.
The thought that he had of his son Biff going places because he is well liked and his neighbor Bernard not accomplishing the American Dream because he was just like were obstructed by his own son telling him he wanted to work in a farm. Bernard’s success as a lawyer who is arguing a case in Washington DC in front of the Supreme Court also contributed to Willy’s disappointment. The neighbors (Charley and Bernard) both symbolize successful people that were clearly educated did not need to be well liked.
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