1. Dave Singleman was a retired salesman who made a living without really working in Willy’s perspective point of view. It seems like Dave Singleman was a great salesman from the start and until the end of his death. In the business world, it isn’t easy to gain respect like Dave Singleman who has had hundreds of people coming to his funeral. Willy greatly admires Dave Singleman since he earned respect from other salesman and was able to make living through simply making phone calls to other salesman and buyers. However, Willy isn’t able to grasp the full idea of being salesman. He only knows that being well-liked and having a great personality will success him as a great salesman while it isn’t really true.
Later in the drama, we see that Willy’s personal values break up as soon as Howard fires him from the firm. Willy slowly starts to realize the reality that surrounds the business world. The shock is too terrible that he thinks he is “more worth dead than alive” He is still unable to escape from his materialistic point of view and this idea ends up in his tragic death. Dave Singleman’s attraction to Willy is simple: he makes money without working! Willy’s stress in paying debts and fees makes the job more attractive than mining diamonds in the south.
Although Willy works hard to earn money, his money is always expended and leaves him nothing. For such reasons, Dave Singleman’s career is attractive to Willy. Dave Singleman’s existence motivates Willy to go to salesmanship. However, Willy is always short of money and the job doesn’t give satisfaction but exhausts him. Even though Willy goes to salesmanship to make a way of living he falls in to the way of dying. He probably wants to become like Dave Singleman and make money while sitting in his house but it never happens in the drama.
2. The significance of Willy’s suicide attempts is the fact itself. In “Death of a salesman” we see-before Biff talks the truth-Willy is a hardworking person and strives to become a well-known man. Although he has character flaws such as being ignorant to his family members and neighbor, he is a general American in that time period who believes in the American dream and respects upper class people for success. He works hard for his dream but he achieves nothing but insurance money charged in his body. Willy’s suicide is tragic because his effort becomes futile and Willy ruins the image his family-Linda and Happy-originally had. Readers recognize at the end of the drama that Willy is a two-hearted person. He acts normal to his family, friends and others; however in reality, he suffers from inferiority and is in a bad shape having psychological problems. Later, Willy’s psychological disorder eventually leads to his suicide-conversation with Ben. Willy’s first suicide attempt is shown during Linda’s conversation with the boys. She says that Willy has intentionally crashed his car every since the first crash. In addition, Linda finds a rubber tube in the cellar and discovers that Willy has tried to commit suicide by inhaling gas through the gas pipes. Willy thinks the insurance company will give compensations for his death. Since he has paid “every premium” to meet the standards of the company, he judges that it is the insurance company’s responsibility to pay back. This is a right logic in normal conditions but thinking of Willy’s irregularities and suicide attempts, the company might refuse to compensate for his death. After all the insurance company has discovered prior his suicide attempts. If the company is informed of another car accident, even the smallest possibility of compensation is gone. Willy won’t be “more worth dead than alive.”
3. Personality is a unique object that everyone in the earth posses. Some might have similar personalities and some might have completely different personalities. Yet, spread of different dispositions compose the society and allows it to function.
In general, having a nice personality means a person does have good characteristic traits. For example, he might be: caring; loving; friendly; passionate, humble etc. In other words, he is genuine and truthful of his nature. A person who has a nice personality naturally becomes a good person since his/her personality will be shown to others. People around will classify the person based upon his actions and say he/she is a good person. Now, being a good person doesn’t necessarily mean the person has a good personality. As we notice, it is people around who make judgments over someone becoming a “good person.” Some people may look him/her as a good person while others may look him/her as a bad person. If a person is not genuinely nice from his/her heart, we can’t say that he/she has a nice personality. Living well means living without worrying about needs or money. It is an easy life where one can feel constant satisfaction without much pain and struggles. “Living well” is judged by others when comparison is made. If one has more money than average people and lives a luxurious life, he/she is “living well.” Living a nice lifestyle is a life that gives meaning to a particular person. This lifestyle might be tough and doesn’t necessarily mean living well according to normal living standards. Some might agree with the idea but some might disagree living such lifestyle. I don’t really see anything common between the notions of “personality” and “lifestyle.” Personality is connected and it shapes lifestyle but they don’t necessarily have anything in common.
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