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Willy Loman is the unsuccessful, imaginative salesman which the play is focused on. He is very child-like and this can be noticed in his lack of reality. He believes he is the best salesman ever and thinks that everybody likes him. Children often have these ideal ....

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.... given him money so that Willy can pretend he is getting a paycheck. Charley also gives him advice that would help him become successful, but he doesn’t take it because that would mean conceding that Charley is successful and he isn’t. Another example of his stubborness is the fact that he refuses to accept the fact that his philosophy of business (becoming successful by appearance and being well-like) doesn’t work. He grew up being told those ideas but times have changed. Society has become more capitalistic. Willy refuses to adapt and cannot accept a business system based on capitalism. He does realize to a limited extent that he ....