https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr 1st Period en-us 2017-03-22 18:14:47 UTC 2025-04-24 10:23:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 10020338 https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162108183 Topic: Pride

Claim: Pride is Willy Loman's tragic flaw.

Evidence:
"Biff: We should be mixing cement on the same open plain, or- or carpenters.
Willy: Your grandfather was better than a carpenter" 

Analysis:
Willy's pride is what keeps not only him from doing what he loves but Biff as well. They're both equipped to work with their hands in the great outdoors, but Willy is too prideful to give up his life as a salesmen.

Evidence(2)
"Willy: I can't work for you that's all don't ask me why"

Analysis(2)
Charlie offers Willy a good paying job, but he doesn't take it. His pride and jealousy get in the way of actually being a man and providing for his family.]]> 2017-03-23 13:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162108183 https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162109766 Topic: The American Dream
Claim: In the book, the American Dream is important because everybody is trying to achieve it but they can't.
Evidence: "There's more people! That's what's ruining this country! Population is getting out of control. The competition is maddening! Smell the stink from that apartment house! And another one on the other side... How can they whip cheese?" (Miller 17).
Analysis: Willy believes that his family's struggle to grow and succeed has nothing to do with his vision of the American Dream (which is wrong), he thinks that it is because of the people around him.
Evidence (2):When Willy was talking about moving to the country, building a house, and not having to spend any money
Analysis(2): It shows what his idea of the American Dream was

]]> 2017-03-23 13:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162109766 https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162110319 Topic-The jungle
Claim-Willy wishes that he had taken the leap and gone through the jungle, so he could get to the point in his life financially that he wishes he had .

Evidence- When Willy talks about his brother and how he went to Africa and came back home rich.

Analysis- This shows how Willy wishes he took up his brothers offer when he had to chance and went to Africa with him so he could have went through the jungle with his brother so he could have been as successful as him.

Evidence-When Willy is talking about killing himself  he said he was going to go into the darkness of the jungle with all the diamonds

Analysis- This shows how much Willy longs for money. How once you walk into the dark rough part of life and decide to step into the darkness and to not "play" by the rules you can find the diamonds.]]> 2017-03-23 13:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162110319 https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162110495 Claim: Stockings symbolize Willy's moral weaknesses: it connects him to both the women in his life and how he views each of those women.
Evidence: "I won't have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!" (39).
"You-you gave her Mama's stockings!" (121).
Analysis: Willy does not buy Linda new stockings, instead she has to mend her stockings so they can be wearable. However, Willy buys the woman stockings each time they get together. This moral weakness of Willy's is a turning point for Biff - he realizes his father isn't this godly, perfect man that he idolized him as. He no longer has the drive to succeed because his success was his father's dream, not his, and he has lost respect for his father.]]> 2017-03-23 13:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162110495 https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162113169 Topic: Sanity

Claim: Throughout the play, Willy's mental health is in question because he talks to himself a lot, he has constant loneliness, and he thinks of himself as a failure.

Evidence: 
"Charley: Go on, you'd froze to death up there.
Willy: What're you talking about?
Ben: Opportunity is tremendous in Alaska William. Surprised you're not up there.
Willy: Sure, tremendous.
Charley: Heh? (45)

Analysis:
Willy is talking to Charley then suddenly begins talking to Ben, who happens to be dead. This suggests that Willy is going Crazy because he is imagining Ben who actually isn't there.

Evidence (2):
(Stage directions) "He pours milk into a glass. He is totally immersed in himself, smiling faintly." (28)

Analysis (2):
Willy is very lonely and depressed throughout the play so he finds comfort in talking to himself.]]> 2017-03-23 13:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162113169 https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162116964 Topic: Dreams/Reality

Evidence: "----I put thirty-four years into this firm,  Howard, and now I can't pay my insurance! You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away ----- a man is  not a piece of fruit!" (82).

Explanation: All of Willy's energy, his dreams, have produced nothing. His life until this point, has been a culmination of failures and dashed hopes and dreams, and when he goes to Howard to discuss his position within the company, everything is brought full-circle for him.]]> 2017-03-23 13:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nglenn/r8s39pyoq6pr/wish/162116964