Death of a Salesman
Willy's dreams of success are rooted in the concept of the “American Dream", which is the idea that this is a land of unlimited opportunity in which any “Joe” can attain riches and any mother's son can become president (Hadomi 159). This concept of success is personified by two characters in the play: David Singleman and Ben Loman. The first is an old sales man, David Singleman, who could travel anywhere and place many orders by phone in his hotel room. And when this man died at the age of eighty-four people came from all over to attend his funeral. This is the type of man Willy aspires to become and this is why he chose sales as his occupation.