Comparing Death Of A Salesman And Fences By August Wilson

In the books Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and Fences by August Wilson, there are common themes and various similarities that run throughout the entire stories. Among these similarities there are two, hard working men who are trying to live the American dream but instead end up becoming frustrated by life and bitter towards the only people who really care for them. The main character of each book, Willy Loman and Troy Maxson are similar in many ways. They both try hard to be good men and fathers, but, they both fail in certain aspects. Troy isolates himself from his youngest son, and one could say that he is too harsh and unnaturally cold towards him. Willy in a way believes that his grown sons could not have done any wrong when†¦show more content†¦I was safe †¦. And then I saw that gal and thought maybe I could steal second† this explanation shows readers that Troy will never be happy no matter how good his current life is because this wasn’t the life he pictured for himself. Troy is also very self-centered man because when his son was offered a college football scholarship he could only try to think negative instead of supporting his sons dream. Troy does this because he feels that if he didn’t make it big his son shouldn’t either. Willy Lowman who is an old salesman who after twenty plus years loses his job and is forced to return home back to Boston. Willy is just like todays average American overworked and underpaid man who is struggling to provide for his family. Throughout the story willy has a version of how society should work because he believes â€Å"be liked and you will never want†. Willy suffered in life because he cared about people liking him and not his job. Willy is his teaching his son’s poor morals he is only concerned with being liked by his peers which has led to his current situation of poverty and suffering. Willy and Troy share a huge similarity in the fact that their pride takes precedence over everything. This is shown where Charlie offers him a job that he goes as far as to hide the paycheck away from his wife out of his own humiliation Willy has many opportunities to turn his life around but because of his pride he makes foolish choices. Willy’s son Happy refuses to recognize hisShow MoreRelatedComparing Death Of A Salesman And Fences By August Wilson947 Words   |  4 Pages Romano Stewart English 1102 Friday: 9-11:45 a.m. November 30, 2017 Barry Hall In the books Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and Fences by August Wilson, there are common themes that run throughout the entire stories. 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Among these similarities there are two, hard working men who are trying to live the American dream but instead end up becoming frustrated by life. The main character of each book, Willy Loman and Troy Maxson are similar in many ways. They both try hard to be good men and fathers, but unfortunately, they both fail in certain aspects. Troy isolates himself from his youngest son, and many could say that he is too harsh and unnaturally cold towards him. Willy in a way believes that his grown sons could not have done any†¦show more content†¦I was safe †¦. And then I saw that gal and thought maybe I could steal second† this explanation shows to readers that Troy will never be happy no matter how good his current life is because this wasn’t the life he pictured for himself. Troy is also very self-centered because when his son was offered a college football scholarship he could only try to think negative instead of supporting his sons dream. 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