Death of a Salesman
APEX WORK
8.2.6
Things like my family and friends, as well as my personal experiences influence my values. With values come goals, like going to college and graduating and than getting a steady job. Of course people make their own goals and have their own ambitions, but a lot of times its influenced by those around you. I believe if you stick to a goal and fail, than you learn from your mistakes and do better the next time, and if you go after a goal and succeed, well that’s just the best feeling ever.
8.3.8 At the start of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Biff is a very confused man who does not know what he has done with his life; but towards the end of it Miller shows that Biff has developed at the climax by having the outburst with Willy, and realizing not only who he is, but what he wants. Firstly, when we first meet Biff we see that he is a 34 years old man who is unsettled and is “still kind of up in the air” and does not know what he is supposed to want. He says, “I’m like a boy” which shows he has not achieved much with his life, he has had dreams but he has not pursued them. Biff shows the audience that all he “really desires is to be outdoors”, which is his dream, but this conflicts with his father’s and societies expectations. The word desires shows us that he desperately wants it and it is all he wants to achieve out of life. Biffs’ dream is quite a unique dream because in that time period most people wanted the American Dream – owning property, being wealthy, starting a family, but because everyone in that time period wanted the American Dream it the complete opposite to what everyone else wants. Since Willy has made Biff believe that the American Dream is “the only dream you can have”, Biff has stopped trying to pursue his dream and has tried the American Dream but because this is not what truly desires he has not achieved anything. Secondly, Miller shows that Biff is starting to develop when he confronts Willy. From the start,
8.2.6
Things like my family and friends, as well as my personal experiences influence my values. With values come goals, like going to college and graduating and than getting a steady job. Of course people make their own goals and have their own ambitions, but a lot of times its influenced by those around you. I believe if you stick to a goal and fail, than you learn from your mistakes and do better the next time, and if you go after a goal and succeed, well that’s just the best feeling ever.
8.3.8 At the start of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Biff is a very confused man who does not know what he has done with his life; but towards the end of it Miller shows that Biff has developed at the climax by having the outburst with Willy, and realizing not only who he is, but what he wants. Firstly, when we first meet Biff we see that he is a 34 years old man who is unsettled and is “still kind of up in the air” and does not know what he is supposed to want. He says, “I’m like a boy” which shows he has not achieved much with his life, he has had dreams but he has not pursued them. Biff shows the audience that all he “really desires is to be outdoors”, which is his dream, but this conflicts with his father’s and societies expectations. The word desires shows us that he desperately wants it and it is all he wants to achieve out of life. Biffs’ dream is quite a unique dream because in that time period most people wanted the American Dream – owning property, being wealthy, starting a family, but because everyone in that time period wanted the American Dream it the complete opposite to what everyone else wants. Since Willy has made Biff believe that the American Dream is “the only dream you can have”, Biff has stopped trying to pursue his dream and has tried the American Dream but because this is not what truly desires he has not achieved anything. Secondly, Miller shows that Biff is starting to develop when he confronts Willy. From the start,