Themes

This world has always had a sense of sexism. The 1950s played a huge role  in demonstrating that woman were inferior to men. As this may have been true in the 1950s, I still find that in todays world many men still think that woman are still inferior. Woman are equal to men in all aspects. Although some woman may not be able to do a certain job that men can do, men cannot do certain jobs that woman can do.

Nothing is meant to last forever. In Death Of a Salesman the porch is collapsing in. The significance of this is that the family is falling apart.  When things break you have to fix them, in this case Willy does nothing to help fix his family. The porch is old but it could be fixed. The family has fallen apart due to many things but mostly because Willy cannot fix it.  The porch is not the only thing that is falling apart. The other things signifies the little things in life that are also falling apart.

Time is something that no one should take for granted. For Willy, without having a clock to tell the time Willy is constantly stuck in the past. Without time the world would be an absolute disaster. There is only a limited amount of time in the day, so to take it for granted would be a bad decision.

Homework...

Willy tried to teach Biff and Happy that in order to succeed working hard is really the only option. Biff and Happy were taught that life is not easy so in order to be successful and go far in life, this is where hard work pays off.

I think that a father should definitely teach his sons these concepts. Every father wants to see their son succeed in life and find happiness. Although my father and brother don't have a great relationship i know that my father would do anything to help my brother succeed in life. I have grown up to know that a son and father have many tensions, well in my case at least, but the lessons have still been taught.

The inconsistencies tell us that Willy may have a problem with his memory, or he is a liar. I don't think that Willy means to contradict himself,  I truly think that we will find later on that he is sick. Lying is a problem that sadly a lot of people have.

Linda does not have any reaction to him. I think that Linda, like many woman, tried to help him but gave up because he is making no effort to change his ways. Linda seems like the typical wife that loves her family but is secretly broken apart by the lack of effort Willy makes towards having a good relationship with his son. Willy continues to bad mouth his son Biff and secretly this tears Linda apart.