The American Dream has been the dream of many. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller the main character, Willy Loman, has become obsessed with achieving the American Dream. At the point in history that the play takes place the American Dream was said to be achieving a highly prosperous and happy life through hard work Willy believes that just because you work hard you should automatically be given the rewards of a highly …showed first 75 words of 751 total…

…showed last 75 words of 751 total…a man content with modest wealth. His son Bernard goes a different path, achieving professional and financial success in law, a field to which he's temperamentally and intellectually well-suited. Willy looks down on both. Willy Loman is nonetheless, a man to be pitied. He loses his job because he can no longer go on the road. Faced with no opportunity he'll take he commits suicide. Thus his chance to realize the American Dream is ended.