Death of a Salesman In 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller found in Perrine's Literature Structure, Sound, and Sense by Thomas R. Arp, and Greg Johnson on page 1545, Willy Loman is a man whose fall from the top of the capitalistic totem pole results in a resounding crash, both literally and metaphorically. As a man engulfed in the memories of the past and controlled by his fears of the future, Willy Loman views himself …showed first 75 words of 927 total…

…showed last 75 words of 927 total…him about the true nature of happiness. If Willy had believed his son, Biff, that his actions were not out of spite, but out of the longing for a sense of self that he had never given his son, perhaps Willy Loman would not have sold himself or his family short. Perhaps instead, he would had the strength of character to commendably walk away from the biggest sales gimmick of all time, The American Dream.