Norma and Willy

Norma and Willy are the same in many many many ways. They both are consistently reminiscing about olden times. THey both used to be succesful Willy with sales and Norma with acting. They both make themself out to be a lot better than they really are and they both think that they are amazing. They both freak out a lot and both try to commit suicide. However they are different in the fact that Norma is rich and Willy is poor. Also they are different because they seem to respect Norma while Willy is not really respected by anyone.

Biff Hotel

Biff goes to the Hotel in Boston in order to find Willy. When he gets there he comes to realize that Willy is cheating on his mother. This completely shatters the base of Willy and Biff's relationship. It does this becuase it kills all the trust that Biff had in Willy thus destroying their relationship completely. It also kills his desire to be succesful like his father and shows him that being well liked might not be something that he wants to achieve. This is truly the basis for why Biff had moved out west, why he cant hold a job, and why he is an overall disapointment to Willy.

Charlies's Help

In this chapter Charley extended a hand to Willy and offered him a job with him. This was important because it showed how proud Willy really is. Even though he had just been fired he was still unwilling to accept help from Charlie. Overall I do not think that Willy was smart to refuse Charlie's help because he very clearly was in need of a job and was not wiling to take one from Charlie. When i think of this i think of "Pride come before the fall". I think that is applicable in this case because the book is very clearly about Willy's death so i think that this pride and his unemployment will lead to his death.

Ben as an influence

Overall I do not think that Ben is a good influence on Willy. He is too much of a wild card in Willies hallucinations and the fact that he is a figment of Willy's imagination makes him an even worse influence. I think the fact that he makes Willy focus on what he can touch with his hands and less his dreams makes his reality worse. The fact that Ben is usually providing an example of what Willy could have been but will never reach now is also extremely demoralizing to Willy and seems like it could lead him a lot of places where he does not want to go.

Biff and Happy Plan

Biff and Happy formulate a plan.This plan is important because it is an effort to make money. THey want to make their own way to make Willy the main character happy. This would make him happy because his sons would be making their own way. This would make him happy because it would show him that his boys are capable of setting their own course, a point in which Willy has been disappointed before. The plan that Biff and Happy come up with to make money is to form a Sporting Goods Store. In this Willy thinks they will succeed even though they will not because he thinks they are "well liked" and that this will make their business succeed.