Death of a Salesman

When I first read Death of a Salesman, I really did not like it. We read it along with a lot of very similar stories, about people being dissatisfied with their lives that were perfectly fine, and making way too big a deal about things that don't actually matter. While it is nice to believe that you were meant for something more, at the same time, I believe you just have to suck it up and deal with what life has given you for the time being. In order to make it, you should do what you can, and work on bettering yourself in your free time. You shouldn't throw a tantrum and tear down everyone around you. That is kind of what Willy did. He didn't realize what he thought was his full potential in life, so he took it out on his family, causing them stress and basically ruining one of his son's life. Because Willy had built him up for so long, Biff always felt like he was meant for something more, and was dissatisfied with every office job he tried out. Instead of realizing his dream to become a football player, he became forever a farmhand. Even though it was what he wanted to do, Will shamed his son about it constantly. Willy also hurt his wife. He had an affair and bought this woman stockings, when his own wife had to darn hers. Who knows how much money he spent keeping his affair alive when he should have been spending it on keeping his family intact. All in all, Willy was terribly selfish and pushed his own values on his family so much that he ended up tearing them apart.