Willy Loman Schizophrenia

“The American Dream” is all based on an abstract concept of having the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as stated by our founding fathers in the Constitution, but little does anyone know that the “dream” does not come very easily as people believe. All people have their own version of the American Dream, whether it is becoming richer, economically prosperous, or just living by free regards.

In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the main character, Willy Loman, has to face various things in his life that seem to be slowly deteriorating as he’s trying to grasp a hold of the American dream. Many factors influence Willy to take his own life at the end of the novel, but the most influential factor of Willy’s self-destruction

Schizophrenia is characterized by thoughts or experiences that seem out of touch with reality and therefore can affect organized speech or behavior. For the duration of the novel, Willy experiences the random sound of a flute which then contributes to his vivid flashbacks of his past. These flashbacks are his escape from reality to a better time where things didn’t seem to fall apart. The flashback serves as a narrative technique, in which uses an interruption to allow the writer to present past events during a current event. These address an important experience or introduce background information about a character or place that triggers emotion. Willy has flashbacks to show the reader the extent of his disillusionment and the truth behind how he views his world. Flashbacks are a sign in the book that Willy lives inside his mind, which shows signs of mental illness; this is because he lets his disillusionment influence his thoughts, actions, and emotions in the

There are explicit and implicit motives behind Willy's suicide. Willy entertained the ambitious American Dream, perfect family, career, and life. He worked hard to attempt to accomplish what he believes as the American Dream but in reality nothing was perfect and far from it. His struggle became the death of him and his failure. When a person feels that there is nothing left to live for and that they are worth more dead, the thought lingers and has the potential to become active. Willy’s bitter emptiness and reality of life tormented him internally until he couldn’t take the pain anymore. Willy Loman's suicide can also be interpreted as a demonstration of his power. He felt helpless and humiliated that he couldn’t take care of his family and most importantly himself. Willy couldn’t control what was happening to him and the relationship with his family, so the only way that he felt he could take the power back to take care of them, was giving his family his life insurance policy after his death; he defined this act as courageous, a sacrifice for his family to find happiness. Misinterpretations of reality are another sign of schizophrenia shown in Death of a Salesman. He believed that their lives were more important than his and that he was the root of destruction. The defeat of his purpose of fulfillment spiraled his mind into a dark depressive state. To succumb to death with a view to