There are many forms of failure as well as success that are spawned by our American system.

Society in which the Lomans live is governed by people like Ben-ruthless managers who care little for the opinions of others, and in such a society the Lomans, although they only occasionally realize it, are out of place.

Willy feels that he has to be within society yet looks back to a golden age when life was simpler.

Countryside is different from modern consumer society: the structure of society there is much simpler and different - it is an image of an older America.Real America although it still may be the land of opportunity, it seems to have acquired a new set of values.

Willy's America à land of opportunity in which ambition young people like Biff can accomplish great things.That is why Willy feels he has to succeed, and the only way to show his success is to acquire money and material goods.Money defines success: people are judged by the amount they acquire, and the amount of success is linked with the amount of money they have.Consumer society à pressures of advertising persuade people to acquire goods and to do so by paying for them by instalments.The garden is symbolic of Willy needing to leave something behind for people to remember him by.He is, for Willy, a symbol of all that is 'good in the land of opportunity' Ben represents all that Willy wishes the boys to be, yet his actions in the past are not firmly established.Biff's football game a symbol of success for the future to Willy.

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