3.14.2007
As far as how this week went, all right I guess. It is definitely weird being back after more than a week off! However, school is narrowing down, as we are already halfway through the semester.
The reading this week, “Death of a Salesman,” was very interesting to me. I was really shocked at first when I saw how long it was, but once I started reading it I did not notice how long it was, so that was good. What I found most interesting about this specific story, was to see how different people act and go through life. Each of us are so used to our own lives and what happens to us in our life, but sometimes we do not really think about other people and how their situation is in life. There are many people out there that we may see everyday on the street and think they are happy, but in their own life, they are actually struggling with everything around them. We do not always realize these concepts because no one really likes to show that they are not happy with their life and having a horrible time, people like that usually put on a front and act like everything is alright when it really is not. In Willy’s case, he ended up killing himself over everything because no one really helped him out with anything. It is a sad ending, but in a way maybe he deserved it since he was becoming so obsessed and crazy about the “Amercian Dream” that that is all he paid attention too; he did not care about anything else, all he wanted was that American Dream.
He chose to end his life over the whole issue, which is an even dumber idea than just living life to the fullest as it is and appreciating what is around you!
2 comments:
I totally agree with you. It just amazes me that people are so into themselves sometimes that they might not even notice a struggle that their best freind might be going through. This was the case for Linda. She had no idea about Willy's unsuccessful salesman job because Willy always told her otherwise. People need to realize that others are going to be there for them, but they just have to let them know about their feelings.
There are definitely many people out there that pretend like everything is going perfectly in their lives, when actually they do have underlying issues causing them grief. I think that people actually did try to help Willy in this situation, but he was too far gone that he could not see that. I think that his son Biff tried to help by talking about the issues they had in the end, Charley tried to offer him work, and Linda tried to encourage him in everything that he did. I am not sure it is fair to say he deserved what he got in this situation, because I would guess that he had something mentally taking over him that people could not just smile and fix. I agree that suicide is not the right thing to do to solve problems, but after everything that went on, I do not know if there was anything that could change his mind. He was set in trying to find perfection in living that “American Dream,” and he let the rest of his life pass him by. People do need to deal with their problems, not just run away.
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