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Is it true that Willy Loman is a victim of his own misconception of the “American Dream”? Well, on the one hand, I think that his life was hard because of his bad financial situation and the fact that he failed in life. On the other hand, it is his own fault that he failed. His idea of the American dream is to be fame, rich and liked. He just wanted to have success to be liked and powerful and not to do his own thing to be happy. I mean, I think it is important to do your own thing without caring what others think. Willy was caring a lot about the opinion of the population. That is the reason why he got sick in the psychical way. He stressed himself out a lot because of his frantic wish to be successful and he cares too much about the others opinion. To add, he saw others like Charlie as a congruence and he was jealous of them because they had the success he wanted. Instead of working hard for success, he was only dreaming about what he could catch. He remained in one place, so to speak, and did not involve. All in all, I think the question is whether Willy was his own victim of his misconception to answer yes, because he lost the thread, focus on wrong aspects and never really started fighting for his dreams. He lived in his dream world and his life passed him by. In that time his fellow human beings like Charlie have involved, which he couldn’t cope with and put himself under even more pressure.