Salesman

A sale is the act of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity.

The seller or salesperson – the provider of the goods or services – completes a sale in response to an acquisition or to an appropriation or to a request. There follows the passing of title (property or ownership) in the item, and the application and due settlement of a price, the obligation for which arises due to the seller's requirement to pass ownership. Ideally, a seller agrees upon a price at which he willingly parts with ownership of or any claim upon the item. The purchaser, though a party to the sale does not execute the sale, only the seller does that. To be precise the sale completes prior to the payment and gives rise to the obligation of payment. If the seller completes the first two above stages (consent and passing ownership) of the sale prior to settlement of the price, the sale remains valid and gives rise to an obligation to pay.

Willy is a salesman, but as Charley tells him, what he doesn’t seem to understand is that “the only thing you got in this world is what you can sell” (1256).

 What do you think Charley means by that? I believe Charley means that what Willy sells is the only way he can make a dollar. He can’t support his family unless he sells what he owns.

 How does it reflect the America of the late 1940’s? Being a salesman in the 1940’s was how people made their money. It is quite different now.

How does it reflect the America of 2012? Now, there are several different ways to being a salesman. We don’t see many traveling salesmen’s like we did back then. Now they usually just work for a company that stays in one place.

Casting

I have read some of the other posts and it got me thinking. I sort of feel like this has some comedy in it but on the other hand it is kind of dramatic.

As the roll played for Willy Loman, I believe it should be Dustin Hoffman. He played in many rolls in comedy but not many dramatic films. I would just love to see what he had.

Not sure which one for which roll but I believe Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Sandler for Happy and Biff. I have seen Leonardo in many dramatic rolls but not Adam. I just wonder if he has it in him.

I believe Meryl Streep should play as Linda Loman. She's had many dramatic rolls in her time and she is one of my favorites.

The American Dream

The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

I believe the American Dream is whatever you want it to be. I don’t believe there is a set definition of it because everyone sees it differently. How can we live up to something someone else has already lived? But like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “I have a dream…”, everyone has a dream to live up to. My dream is to get a degree in Computer Science; I have wanted to do something with computers since I got my first computer. Not everyone have the same dream as others. Whatever the American dream means to a particular individual, that definition has its roots deep within these two ingredients. Therefore, equality and financial stability are bounded within the true definition that leads to all derivations of the American dream.