Death Of A Salesman: The American Dream :: Death Of A Salesman

For Willy and Linda, lifes accomplishments and sources of pleasure are simple. This statement gives an excellent judgment of their lives because they breath very average lives for the time, and any depth is ignored on their part. This runty shaft exemplifies this point by showing a focus in their lives, being the mortgage on the family line. For twenty-five years Willy and Linda have been working(a) to pay off their mortgage, and once they do that, they will attain a soul of freedom, or the "Ameri gutter conceive of". That dream, especially pertinent at that time of growth in the United States, presents a perfect design of their goal. This goal is clearly outlined by dollar signs and a sense of ownership, two key points to personal success.The key thing which leads to Willy and Lindas depressions, is their inability to organisation reality in the present. Their lives are lived in the future, and even in this scene as Willy states "You wait, kid, before its all o ver were gonna get a detailed place out in the country."(p.72), we see his ability to constantly say of unpractical dreams. Their furthermost payment on the mortgage gives closure to this life make full single with dreams, and will allow them to realize some of their idealistic thoughts. Their good lives have been concentrated on this house, their one meaningful possession, therefore this last payment is an accomplishment beyond any other.Willy is a salesman, always traveling from state to state staying in motels away from home. This increases the importance of a house to him because it is not only a place of habitation but a representation of stability in his life. It is a concrete item which cannot be taken away from Willy once he has made the last payment. plot of land discussing his sons with Linda, he states " And theyll get married, and come for a weekend". He shows the aforementioned(prenominal) pride for his ownership of the house as he did for Biff duri ng his football game years. The house is the center of Willys being, and now that he almost has it, he can see that it has been his lifes work. He is a character who remains content only by trying to believe that he is living the "American Dream", and pride of his most valued possession is all he has to master onto.Although, at this point in his life, Willy Loman is beginning to notice where all of this ambition has led him.