Compare And Contrast Willy Loman And Ryan Air
Niko Athanasatos
Mr. Ferraro
English 12H
October 17, 2010
Same Difference Willy Loman and Ryan Bingham share some qualities. However, these qualities distinguish them from each other making them two very different people. They both lack family values, yet Willy has a family and Ryan does not. Both of them have a desire; however, Willy’s is clearly unattainable while Ryan’s is within reach. They are both self-absorbed; though only Ryan knows it. What seems to be a similarity between the two men actually makes them very different from each other. Willy Loman and Ryan Bingham both lack family values; however Ryan does not have a family of his own. Can one have family values if they do not have a family? Yes they can. On the shuttle bus …show more content…
Ryan Bingman’s goal is to become the seventh person in history to reach ten million flying miles. “More people have walked on the moon.” Ryan Bingham’s job involves a great deal of time spent in the air which makes accomplishing this task a matter of patience. This is a goal due to the fact that it is very achievable. Willy’s desire in life is to be a “personally attractive” and “well liked” businessman. “I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want. ’Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?” His deep desire to become a successful salesman causes his psychological decline. What sets apart a goal from a dream is how attainable the desire is. At Willy’s age of sixty-one, it is nearly impossible for him to accomplish such an echelon of sales. Therefore, Willy’s obsession to become a great salesman is merely a dream that will not come true. “He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine . . . A salesman has got to dream, boy,” his neighbor Charley states. Ryan Bingman and Willy Loman share a desire in life; on the other hand, they contrast in that Ryan Bingman has a very attainable goal, while Willy Loman lives an impossible
Mr. Ferraro
English 12H
October 17, 2010
Same Difference Willy Loman and Ryan Bingham share some qualities. However, these qualities distinguish them from each other making them two very different people. They both lack family values, yet Willy has a family and Ryan does not. Both of them have a desire; however, Willy’s is clearly unattainable while Ryan’s is within reach. They are both self-absorbed; though only Ryan knows it. What seems to be a similarity between the two men actually makes them very different from each other. Willy Loman and Ryan Bingham both lack family values; however Ryan does not have a family of his own. Can one have family values if they do not have a family? Yes they can. On the shuttle bus …show more content…
Ryan Bingman’s goal is to become the seventh person in history to reach ten million flying miles. “More people have walked on the moon.” Ryan Bingham’s job involves a great deal of time spent in the air which makes accomplishing this task a matter of patience. This is a goal due to the fact that it is very achievable. Willy’s desire in life is to be a “personally attractive” and “well liked” businessman. “I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want. ’Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?” His deep desire to become a successful salesman causes his psychological decline. What sets apart a goal from a dream is how attainable the desire is. At Willy’s age of sixty-one, it is nearly impossible for him to accomplish such an echelon of sales. Therefore, Willy’s obsession to become a great salesman is merely a dream that will not come true. “He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine . . . A salesman has got to dream, boy,” his neighbor Charley states. Ryan Bingman and Willy Loman share a desire in life; on the other hand, they contrast in that Ryan Bingman has a very attainable goal, while Willy Loman lives an impossible