Death of a Salesman

I read this play in high school.  It’s different now since I’m in my 30’s.  I know people who have drifted through life like Biff and Happy, who used to be hot shots once upon a time.  Still you feel for the character Biff. There are reasons why he never rose successfully to the challenge of adulthood. Willy Loman is one of the stage’s most famous characters.  He’s a salesman who is growing old and not doing sales like he used to.  His big dream is that he will have a huge funeral like the salesman of a man he attended.  Willy is not an admirable man.  He berates his devoted sympathetic wife.  His sons are visiting and he keeps getting in fights with his son Biff.  Willy wonders why his son doesn’t like him and can’t make out where he went wrong.  Then the realization brings his downward spiral.  The version with Dustin Hoffman is the one to watch.  The actors in that presentation really did a good job