7.       Willy’s dream is the ultimate dream for Americans: to be rich, successful, and well liked. He believes he can find true happiness within that, and when it doesn’t come to him he ends up searching for that same future for his sons. He wants them to accomplish what he hadn’t. He doesn’t find success because he is too ambitious in his dreams and doesn’t put in the effort to make it happen, he expects it to come to him. He didn’t have a chance of achieving his dream because of the circumstances surrounding his situation, such as his old age and his dream of wealth coming in the way of reality. He worked too hard under false hopes and creates his own false impressions that get in the way of him being great. His attitude that all you need is to be liked is what is holding him back because it doesn’t allow him to truly try and overcome the hardships, to work for what he wants. He is standing in his own way because of his view of the world and how to gain success. If he let himself change his perception of what defines a man’s greatness he could focus on what needs to be done for his family and his dream.