A Salesman's attitude on life

 

What does a salesman mean to you? Well to me, it is someone who will tell you about a product to try to get you buy it. They can tell you anything you want to hear just as long you buy what they have. So really we are all salesmen. Well sell our friends our personalities, stories, and advice. To our loved ones we always sell our love and compassion when times are hard.

“Death of a Salesman” is about a salesman who is living his whole life regretting and trying to relive his past. When Charley, Willy’s neighbor, tells him, “the only thing you got in this world is what you can sell,” he means that all life is about everything about you and what you have in your life and not about what you have in your life that you can sell. Willy does not understand this concept because he has the mindset that he has to sell everything. In other words he has to have money to apparently be happy.   

Today’s world has changed this concept majorly. Instead of having to have money to be happy and that is all, the world wants material things such as cars, houses, and high class vacations. Everyday extraordinary things happen in our lives and it just passes by without us even noticing because we always have our mind set on a goal instead of enjoying the pleasures of life. The reason people are always doing this is because they have made mistakes and live their entire lives trying to make up for them, just like Willy.

Every day you are selling something you just cannot see it through your eyes.   

Americans in a Play

The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miler is about a family who seems to all be losing their mind slowly. Willy being a usual sales with great ambition, or so he believes. To him, the only thing the world is about is making the American Dream come alive for himself and his family. Only problem with that is he is slightly psychotic and delusional about the hardships of the new world. His son Biff dropping out of high school is something he just can not seem to grasp. For Willy, I would consider Willie from the show Swamp People because in his eyes the world he lives in, the swamp, is the only place in the world that he thinks is home. To a urban person he is crazy but to country folk he is just tough. As for Biff, I would consider my cousin Taylor. in his life all he wanted to do was make his grand mother happy by becoming a doctor, but he turned his sights towards his real dream of becoming a vet. Linda is a woman who most men would love to call their own. For her I would choose my girlfriend Torey. Even though we see each other maybe once every two weeks because of my busy schedule, she still finds ways to make me the happiest and luckiest man in the world. And as for Happy, I would definitely choose my little cousin Owen because he lives in a house with five women, so when he gets out of his prison and into the real world all he wants is a father or older brother figure to step in and show him the right ways.

What is the American Dream?

As America changes day by day the American Dream changes, but exceeding all other American dreams is the dream of having an unlimited supply of money. As new generations arise the greed for money continues to become out of control. Back in the 1900's people did not care for money, but instead cared for their family, making sure they had food on the table, clothes and shoes, and a roof over their head. Look at how happy families were back then compared to now. Families now will get in a tight fit with money and argue, point fingers, and soon divorce making the children, if they have any, lives very difficult to go through without getting into trouble. In turn, this actually cost these unfortunate children their dreams because then they have a record. But there is always those very fortunate few that make it through their growing up years with both parents. These children dream of being a doctor, astronaut, or a cop because their parents tell them if you want it work for it and you will succeed. Granted some do not accomplish their initial dreams because of money or other hardships, but they always have more happiness in which ever profession they choose because they know that that is what they want out of their lives. After all is said and done the real question for all Americans is what is MY American dream  not what is the American dream. For me personally my dream is to get through nurse practitioner school and move off with my girlfriend to somewhere like Texas. Reason is so that our kids, once they are old enough to have a job, can find a job because having a job in high school taught me a lot about life before I even graduated. Once we get settled down in a nice home and start the family then I will call my dad and ask him what he thinks about the life I have created for my family. Hopefully he will say, "You have exceeded my expectations son". To me, the American dream has its own preference by the people, but if it was up to me every man and woman would have a loving happy family, a good job, and self fulfillment. Life is to short to set yourself at such high goals that you cannot enjoy it because it is the only one you get.