This angers Willy and causes him to reflect on the past.
Bernard wonder’s why Biff lost his initiative 14 years ago. While at Charley’s office, Willy meets Bernard, Charley’s son, who has become a very successful lawyer. Charley loans Willy enough money to pay his life insurance premium.Ĭharley offers Willy a job, but Willy cannot bring himself to accept it. Willy is crestfallen and goes to see his old friend and neighbor, Charley. In fact, Howard fires Willy because he believes the elder salesman is doing the firm harm. Unfortunately, Willy is not successful in his meeting with Howard Wagner, his current boss and son of the deceased owner. The three of them plan to meet for dinner after they have been to their respective meetings.
The first day ends with the bright hope that Willy, Biff and Happy will achieve their goals for the following day. In fact, Willy decides that he too will see his boss the following day and ask for a New York position rather than a traveling job. He emphasizes that Oliver really liked Biff and we begin to see Willy’s fixation with the idea that one only needs personal attractiveness to be successful in the business world. Biff and Happy tell Willy of this plan, and he gets very excited with the idea. Biff considers going to see Bill Oliver, a man for whom he had worked many years earlier, and asking him for a loan to get started in a sporting goods business.
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