Death of a Salesman Summary Death of a Salesman is centered on one man trying to reach the American dream and taking his family along for the ride. Throughout their lives they encounter many problems and the end result is a tragic death caused by the need to succeed. During his life Willy Loman caused his wife, Linda, great pain by living a life not realizing what he could and couldn't do. Linda lived sad …showed first 75 words of 837 total…

…showed last 75 words of 837 total…he did he and his family would not have gone through so much pain and he wouldn’t have committed suicide. One dream is not worth all the pain and problems he caused. He should have learned to be content with what he had and realized what he could have accomplished and given up on his dream, because once you have a wife and kids, you do for them first before you do for yourself.