Death of a Salesman Day 2

July 15

From where i left off, BIff and Happy started to have a conversation about their jobs and how neither were satsified and wouldn't it be great if they could go out west together and own a farm, etc, etc. Here we see the son's restlessness and desire to leave. They begin to wash Willy's car and do a good job. Once they do, Willy apparently bought them a punching bag as a present.

Willy discusses his trip with his sons and tells them that he will eventually open up his own business greeted than Charley's, their next door neighbor. Charley appears to be a very rich and successful man, the exact opposite of Willy. Charley's son, Bernard also is a hardworking and famous lawyer who seems to be the opposite of Biff. Willy and Linda have a discussion about his trip. He lies and says that he made a large profit, however, Linda eventually gets him to tell her that it was only mildly successful. He didn't seem to get a good reception and he says that he's not good at his job. He then hears a laugh of a character called "The Women." It appears that Willy is cheating on his wife with this Woman and he falls into another daydream. So not only is Willy not good at his job, he also cheats on his wife. *Gasp*

This is all a daydream and it fades back into a earlier one. They continue to talk and gets into a argument. Charley hears all this and comes over. He offers Willy a job, which Willy refuses. As they start arguing, Willy imagines that his brother Ben walks in and he starts talking to him. Charley obviously doesn't see anything and gets confused. Willy then proceeds to yell at Charley and he leaves. Willy continues to talk to his "brother" who leaves but he still continues talking, presumably to thin air. We learn that Willy is very proud and refuses help from his closest friends even when he desperately needs it. He also may be a bit loony at his old age as he is pretty much hallucinating.