Blog Post #2- 7/16/11
I noticed as I read that Willy frequently complains. He is also very argumentative towards his family members. Linda always stays calm and sweet and continues to encourage him. She keeps reminding him that he has a tendency to dramatize a situation and make it a bigger deal that it needs to be. An example of her advising this to Willy is when she says on page eighteen, "You make mountains out of molehills." This is a smoother way of saying that he is stressing out over small problems.
Soon after this, there is a narrative description of the Loman sons Happy and Biff. I read this passage more than once in order to better grasp their personalities. For me I do not get confused as easily if I understand the characters' personalities. In their conversation, I picked up that Biff is lofty and is easily distracted. He wants to get himself together, but he is all over the place. He seems stressed and rants about this issue to Happy. He is conflicted because he thinks that he is wasting his life away and does not know how to go about changing this.
Happy is also not too motivated and even says he doesn't know what he's working for. He has an apartment, car, plenty of women, yet he is still lonely. This is a theme that is simple and applies to reality. Money cannot buy one happiness. It is not a very cryptic theme because it speaks for itself. Physical possessions are never going to truly and fully satisfy a man's heart.
At this point both of them are fed up. I noticed some irony when Biff said, "We weren't brought up to grub for money." This is completely contradicting of his father having plans for them to be salesmen.
I also find out that Happy is the heartbreaker type of guy. Many girls, including married ones, easily fall for him. He is proud of this, but he still does not feel content. He says that Biff is too sensitive, which is the opposite of Happy. I noticed this early in the reading and later discovered his sensitivity appears more later in the play.
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