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Adriane Caparas English 30-2 Individuals ambition on self and others was about how a person was dreaming

for his own and for others. This relates to the true life. The best example was how parents decide for their own and for their children. Parents always make their goals to their children. Like what my parents did, they always remind us, that the best treasure in life is education. Ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve something. Ambition helps people to be inspired, and it helps them to work hard just to achieve their ambition. Death Of The Salesman relates on this topic. Because on this topic shows how, one man who has a family, and it shows how that man dream for his own and for his children. His ambition is to be the same as his older brother. He wanted to be rich like his brother. His ambitions led him to a problem, a problem that made him insane. The man that I am talking about is Willy Loman. Willy Loman have two sons, their names are Biff and Happy. The name of his wife is Linda. Willy was ambitious man, he dreamed to be the same as his successful brother. There are three ways that the story shows how individuals ambition on self and others. It shows when Linda strives just for her family. Biffs wanted to go in university, because of football and because of his father who always support him. But after he saw his father cheating his ambition stops. Willy committed suicide, because he wanted to get away from the poor status of their life. Linda was a supportive mom and wife. She is the toughest, and most realistic character appears to have kept her emotional life intact. She always thinks for her husband ambition. Her goal in life was only to help her husband on his ambition. She supports Willy despite of his reprehensive treatment to her. Linda always agreed to Willy, even Willy did wrong. She does not care the difficulty in life even his husband was hallucinated. She let the erratic behavior of his husband, which brings her to be alone. She does not lost comfort for her sons, because of the poor treatment of her husband to his sons. The ambition of Willy Loman affects his wife in a way that Linda forgot to take care of herself. But after all the sacrifices and support that Linda is giving to Willy, he still got flawed and has an affair to other woman. Linda shows the ambition on having good and happy family. She sacrificed everything just to have a complete and happy family. Willy has a youngest son. His name was biff. It seems that he was the favorite son of Willy. He was a fathers boy. He did everything to make his dad proud of him. But

Adriane Caparas English 30-2 after he saw his father having an affair with the other lady. The dreams that he keep for his father had disappear. His ambition towards success had pushed him to a wrong way after he saw his father. After what Willy made, Biff's failure starts. Biff loses his attention in studies and had failed Math, and his respect to his father had gone. It shows on Biffs story, that other people can ruin your ambition. Willy was an old man; he was sixty-three years old in the story. Being old and depress made him hallucinated. The past of his life always came to his mind, he always talking with his self. He is ambitious man. He wished to be as good as his brother Ben. His brother ben was a successful business. Willy had made a lot of ambitions to his two sons. That made his sons pressured in their lives, because they wanted to make the expectations of their father. But there is a part that Willy Loman made a wrong, which affect his life and his son Biff. That is when he had an affair. He felt guilty, which made him depressed and insane. He regrets everything he has done. He felt sorry for everything, at the end. Willy wants to prove to his family that he is worthy. Those bad things that he did must be neglected. He does that by sacrificing his life, and let his family earn the money from the insurance. Good ambition can be only pursue by doing good in a ways.

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