Death Of A Salesman Comparative Essay
Comparative essay
Both the play ‘Death Of A Salesman” and the feature film ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ explore the notion of success and failure, the sacrifice of money to peruse a “million dollar idea” and undying will to never give up and the compressing business world. They also explore the concept that it’s a necessity to be well liked.
Success and failure is a big aspect of the ideology of the American dream within within the business world. Both characters perpetuate their failures in the minds and they strive for success to their highest potential. The mentality that Richard enforces on his family, “there are two types of people in the world, winners and losers.” What Richard deems successful or not is what is implemented in the family’s values.
Richards 9 step “Refuse to lose” programme that he created has been sculpted by the American dream. His programme exhibits societies …show more content…
50) rather than saying the truth that he is happily working on a farm not working in the CBD as prefed by Willy.
The idea of Biff, Willy’s son whistling in a elevator astounds Willy because the symbol of whistling is for simple people and Biff is ‘above’ that. “WILLY: I never whistled in an elevator! And who in the business world think I’m crazy. BIFF: I didn’t mean it like that, Pop, don’t make it. WILLY: Go back to the west. Be a carpenter, a cowboy, enjoy yourself!” Willy is so perturbed because hi isn’t accustomed to his son not being well liked and a ‘unsuccessful simpleton.”
Richard success is dependant on his name which unfortunately he is no one. He isn’t known in society thus de has no access to a real door to build his business. Stan Grossman takes advantage of Richards naive belief in the system by selling him the ‘dream’. “No one knows you… no one cares” - Stan Grossman, this parades around the his belief in the American dream and his assumption that if you work hard you will obtain
Both the play ‘Death Of A Salesman” and the feature film ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ explore the notion of success and failure, the sacrifice of money to peruse a “million dollar idea” and undying will to never give up and the compressing business world. They also explore the concept that it’s a necessity to be well liked.
Success and failure is a big aspect of the ideology of the American dream within within the business world. Both characters perpetuate their failures in the minds and they strive for success to their highest potential. The mentality that Richard enforces on his family, “there are two types of people in the world, winners and losers.” What Richard deems successful or not is what is implemented in the family’s values.
Richards 9 step “Refuse to lose” programme that he created has been sculpted by the American dream. His programme exhibits societies …show more content…
50) rather than saying the truth that he is happily working on a farm not working in the CBD as prefed by Willy.
The idea of Biff, Willy’s son whistling in a elevator astounds Willy because the symbol of whistling is for simple people and Biff is ‘above’ that. “WILLY: I never whistled in an elevator! And who in the business world think I’m crazy. BIFF: I didn’t mean it like that, Pop, don’t make it. WILLY: Go back to the west. Be a carpenter, a cowboy, enjoy yourself!” Willy is so perturbed because hi isn’t accustomed to his son not being well liked and a ‘unsuccessful simpleton.”
Richard success is dependant on his name which unfortunately he is no one. He isn’t known in society thus de has no access to a real door to build his business. Stan Grossman takes advantage of Richards naive belief in the system by selling him the ‘dream’. “No one knows you… no one cares” - Stan Grossman, this parades around the his belief in the American dream and his assumption that if you work hard you will obtain