"Nobody dast blame this man. You don't understand: Willy was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine." (Requiem, 1629).
I find it incredibly ironic that Willy said that everyone would come to his funeral. In reality, only Charley and Willy's family came. Charley truly did not like Willy, but he still came. Willy's family basically only attended because they felt obligated to do so. How sad. How very, very sad. I feel as if Willy has some very admirable traits, as much as everyone hates him. For instance, Willy cares deeply for his sons and establishes dreams into their minds as to how they can attain success. Although Willy is a poor example for his kids, he lives and breathes off of the success of his sons. They make him proud. I feel as if Willy is the protagonist of this story because it is told by his own point of view and talks about his own flashbacks. Characters change throughout the course of the play. They do this in many ways. Happy doesn't really change because he stays in his same egotistical ways. However, Biff does change. He talks to his father in the end and stands up for himself. He admits his failure. Willy changes in the sense that he tries to see life from other people's eyes. He tries to reach out to his kids in the end. He doesn't show them resentment. Also, he tells Charley that Charley is his only friend. Willy is too caught up in his own pride to admit failure to accept money from Charley. Still, Willy tries to be his own person and make money on his own.
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