is picture a while ago.” Once he comes to her house for dinner, she is quite around him, and she is disappointed when she finds out that he is engaged. In “Death on a Salesman,” Willy searches for love, but does not realize what he has. He has a loving family, and wife who cares a lot about him. He does not recognize their love, and has to run off and have an affair with a woman. When Biff finds out about the affair, he finally realizes that he fails in business because his father had him stuck on the myth of the American Dream. Furthermore, having power is also very important for achieving the American Dream. In “The Glass Menagerie,” Amanda has to be in control of everything. She likes telling her son and daughter what they should be doing. She recurrently reminds Tom about how important his job is for the security of the family. She says, “What right have you got to jeopardize your job? Jeopardize the security of us all? How do you think we’d manage if you were-.” She likes to have the power in the family, in order to keep the dysfunctional family together. Willy, in “Death of a Salesman,” also liked to have a lot of power. He was afraid of being abandoned, and he worked hard for social acceptance. Charley talks about him and says, “Nobody dast blame this man…Willy was a salesman. Ad for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don’t put a bolt to a nut, he don’t tell the law or give you medicine. He’s a man why out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back-that’s an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A saleman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.” Willy liked to be in control of his family, and be well liked by everyone. He also passes these dreams...
