Death of a Salesman – Dysfunctional Family

A Dysfunctional Family from finis of a Salesman We never told the truth for ten minutes in this house. This quote is said by Biff Loman himself. Willy Loman is the pay off of Biff and Happy Loman, and the husband of Linda. The Lomans be an average working class American family. In the play, The Death of a Salesman, indite by Arthur Miller, the Lomans go through very unwieldy circumstances throughout the play. These circumstances are not exactly obvious plainly they are shown throughout the play. The Lomans are a very dysfunctional family, they are not able to be honest with one another, and also it is very difficult for them to get along.Lastly, Biff and Happys grow Willy Loman has his mind set on the American dream also known as The perfect life-time. He is completely delusional and is forcing his boys to fulfil the same dream. In the play The Death of a Salesman, we realise that the Loman family are not exactly a ordinary family, they have a difficult life. They are not a ble to keep an honest relationship with one another. Biff and Happy lied to their father about(predicate) Biffs stealing Bill Olivers pen Biff also lies to his father about having a follow-up appointment with Oliver.Accompanying material Realism in Death of a SalesmanWilly lies to his family about the hose he had hidden in the basement, years before Biff had lied to his parents about why he had had no bid for three months because he could not tell them he was in jail. Finally, the most traumatic experience in Biffs life was made worse by his fathers lies. When Biff found his father in the hotel room with one of his buyers secretary, Willy told one lie after another to cover up the truth of his perfidy to Biff and Happys mother. Willy saysthat the womanwas a buyer. She lives in the room down the hall.Her room was to be painted because she showed merchandise to customers in her room. Biff buys no(prenominal) of it, and this incident ruptures his and Willys relationship permanently . It is the first time Biff realizes what a liar his father actually is. In Biffs words he describes his father as aphony little fake. The characters are finally starting to realise that they are living a life filled with lies. Another pin to this dysfunctional family is that it is very difficult for them to get along. Biff does not respect his father Willy therefore they do not get along.Willy expects his sons to be successful but they turn out the complete opposite. He believes his boys are great and cannot understand why they are not successful. As Biffs father gets older,he has trouble distinguishing between the past and present between illusion and reality and is often lost in flashbacks. His flashbacks are unremarkably of Biffs elderly year of highschool, which was when most of the familys conflict begins. It first starts with his affair with a woman who was a buyer Biff finds out and is disgusted by his father, which is in the main the reason why they do not get along. Willys mind is eventually filled with suicide thoughts due to the unsuccessfulness of his boys, causing him to think that if he dies it would advantage his family more(prenominal) because of the money they will receive from the insurance. Throughout they play, all Willy Loman talks about is the American hallucination. Willy believes that personality, not hard work and innovation, is the key to success. Willy usually checks up on his boys to make sure they are well-liked and popular. An example would be that his son, Biff, admits to making fun of his math teachers lisp.Instead of punishing Biff, he was more concerned about his classmates reactions. I crossed my eyes and talked with a lithp. (Laughing. ) You did? The kids like it? They nearly died laughing Willys version of the American Dream did not turn out the way he wanted it. Despite his sons popularity in high school, Biff grows up to be a drifter and a ranch-hand. Willys own career falters as his sales ability flat-lines. When he tries to use personality to ask his boss for a raise, he gets fired instead. Willys definition of the American Dream is all wrong, due to the way his own sons turned out to be.In the play The Death of a Salesman, it is a play of how one dream can affect your whole look on life, that dream can either make your life or tear it, it all depends on how you pursue it. It is a tragic play, the Loman family faces a lot of difficult circumstances due to all of the lying, betrayal and the one dream Willy is nerve-racking pursue for his family. Willy then confuses the difference between reality and illusion, he is so caught up in trying to reach the perfect life, which was the American Dream, that he lost track of himself and his own family.