Death of a Salesman Unit Paper Dreams and Illusions in Death of a Salesman Charley says something in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman that sums up Willy’s whole life. He asks him, “When the hell are you going to grow up?” (97). Willy’s spends his entire life in an illusion. He sees himself as a great man that is popular and successful. Willy exhibits many childlike qualities. Many of these qualities have …showed first 75 words of 653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 653 total…and well-liked salesman. Willy Loman never lets go of his dreams. He does not come to grips with his failure as a salesman, father, and husband. Willy runs away from responsibility, and he asks others for handouts when in need. These traits have a negative impact on Biff and Happy throughout their lives. At the end of his life he lives with delusions of what his life was and is. Willy never does face reality.