Linda Lohman's American dream is a perfectly cooperative, loving, and unified family. She is willing to bend to the wishes of others in order to promote this. She constantly attempts to mend the relationship between Willy and Biff. She despises strife and at one point in Willy's flashback she asks "why are you fighting?" At another point she says to Biff, "No, Biff. You can't stay here and fight all the time." Linda Lohman is passive and she wants her household to live in accordance to this; with pathos. Because of her character, Linda acts as a doormat and the reader often sees Willy "walk" on her.
In the end, Willy's tragedy is Linda's own. Not only did Linda lose the husband that she loved unconditionally for countless years, but she lost her perfect family. Willy and Biff were never truly brought together, and now a gaping hole has been blown in her family with the suicide of Willy. Linda's tragedy plays into the Central theme of the play. The Failure of the American Dream cannot be grasped by Willy through successful buisness, by Biff through fame glory and money, or by Linda through a spotless white picket fence family.
My American dream is not nearly completely formed. At this point, I'm hoping to go to college and enter a major that capitalizes on my strengths of writing and speaking. After this I hope to either get a masters degree or enter a career field that I truly enjoy. Hopefully I can progress far enough in this field to be able to support a family. Much like Linda Lohman, as futile as it seems, I hope for a happy family. Nobody is perfect, least of all me, but I hope that I can work hard in order to be able to create and support a family built on the foundation of God's love.
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