End of Book

Willy decided to take his life at the end of the book so that his son could have money.  Willy believed that this would make Biff happy and that Biff would think very highly of his father for doing this.  Willy believed that this was the only way to fix things and to make everything right.  It wasn’t though and he shouldn’t have just killed himself.  Willy had been offered a job by Charley and there were chances given to him to make things right and stay alive.  He didn’t need to kill himself at all to fix things.  Willy was not very noble to have done this.  He was taking the easy way out instead of finding a real job and bringing in money and actually fixing the problems between him and Biff.  He just took the easiest plan and killed himself so that his family would get his insurance policy from his death.  

Biff and Willy

Biff goes to the hotel to try and get his dad to talk to the school because Biff flunked math.  Biff goes and finds a women in the hotel room with his father.  He breaks down and sees that his father is nothing but a fake and cheating on Biff’s mom.  Biff hates seeing this and yells at his dad for doing this and for being a fake.  Biff also says his dad could never do anything.   Biff then says he is done and will not be going to college and is mad at his father for doing what he did.  This ruined their relationship because Biff saw that his dad was not a good man.  It shattered Biff to see his dad doing this because Biff always believed the best in his dad.  This is why today Biff and Willy don’t get along because Biff knows that his dad cheated on his mom and that his dad is a fake.  

Charley's offer

Charley offered Willy a job at his office because Willy was always coming in asking for money and Charley knew Willy wasn’t making any at his job he was at before.  Willy refused him and said that he couldn’t work for him.  Willy should have taken the job because it would have given him more stability and he could have actually been bringing money home.  Willy needed to swallow his pride and take the offer that Charley had offered.  Slowly Willy is losing everything about him and if he would have just taken the job he could have built himself back up and been supporting his family instead of trying to live through his sons.  Willy’s life is so messed up and he actually had an offer for a job where he would be making a decent amount of money and wouldn’t have to keep coming to Charley for loans.  It was wrong of him not to take the job. 

Ben and Willy

Ben seems to have been trying to get Willy out of the mess he was building for him in the cities and to be actually out there making money.  Ben  knew that Willy wasn’t ever going to make himself out of anything while staying in the city, he needed to get out and go work in another part of the world.  Ben could have opened up doors for Willy and actually got him making wages probably.  It sounded like Ben knew what he was talking about and Willy should have listened to Ben because now Willy is without a job and never got anywhere in his career.  It seemed that ever since Willy had been trying to prove Ben wrong and that is how he got himself so deep into something that wasn’t bringing him any pay at all.  Linda did not like the idea of Ben coming in and moving her family somewhere else.  She saw it that they were happy where they were at now and that Willy had a good job, they had a nice house and the kids were happy.  She didn’t want any of this changing.  

Happy and Biffs Plan

Biff and Happy’s plan is to go into their own business and sell sporting goods.  This way they can be in charge and Biff wouldn’t have to be exactly in the business world, he could take days off when he wanted.  They would call it the Loman Brothers and play sports and sell sporting goods.  I think that this idea probably will not work because Biff is somebody who cannot stay in one place.  Biff and Happy also don’t get along all the time and it seems that they will clash sometimes.  I also think that Willy will try to interfer and Biff and him will get into fights.  Willy will want things to go a certain way and try and make the business perfect.  The personality that Biff has it just seems that he will not want to do it long and end up going off somewhere. 

Willy and Charley

Willy isn’t the nicest to Charley and yells at him quite often.  There are some parts though where it seems that Willy might actually like Charley and consider him a friend.  It seems as though Willy thinks Charley is beneath him or that he isn’t well liked like Willy is.   It could be that they are only friends to just have a friend and since they are neighbors.  Willy and Charley butt heads a lot on a lot of the situations.  For example, when Willy’s kids were stealing stuff from worksites Charley went down on him and during the card game too there were times when Charley wouldn’t take any of Willy’s nonsense.  Charley’s son is Bernard who Willy and his kids made fun of and Bernard helped tutor Biff.  It seems as though Charley and his son are there more as a favor than anything.   They are there to watch out for things and are the underdogs who take care of Willy and his family.  

Biff and Happy

Biff and Happy seem like two characters who are still very confused at where they want to be in life.  It sounds like they do have some dreams but cannot find a place where they are completely happy.  Biff dreams of owning his own ranch but has moved from job to job and hasn’t found himself yet.  Happy has been working at a place where he is going nowhere.  They both want to someday be able to settle down with a women and not always going out with a different girl each night.  They both don’t seem completely happy.  Biff seems so lost in trying to find who he really is and the same goes for Happy.  It seems as though both characters are trying to find themselves still.  Happy seems more reliable than Biff.  Biff seems as though he has a lot of trouble staying in one place.  Happy seems more set than Biff because he has an apartment and has a more stable job