Week 2 Reflective: The Death of a Salesman

The biggest lesson I have taken from The Death of a Saleman is the delusion of the American Dream. Through the scenes, I observed that Loman lived his life chasing after the American Dream.  As he went to work and expected to get more and more sales, he built his house, later in life he died and the mortgage was finally paid off. His sons seemed to have little moral principles; they were just trying to succeed without any training. Consequently, they didn't build a family, if they did would probably this dysfunctional like theirs. The father was so focus on working and was so deluded that the son might be a football player or some kind of sales man because he was “liked”, that he never invested on his sons lives. All these things are rooted in the fact that Loman was chasing after the delusion of the American Dream.

The Death of a Salesman is a dramatic story, but it is the reality of many lives around us. The story shows a lot of things, which if we don’t look for them around us they might just pass by. Such as, the lies in this world and the lusts that men fall under, thus causing great destruction to their families. More than likely, we all have had some experience of this kind in our past. Maybe we are going thru or we know others who are. If we do, what are we learning from it? Just from reading this story, I can think of many situations in my life in the past… so, I would like to share what I have learned from them… This is what I learned, only those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ have a true hope. A hope that cannot be faded… a hope that comes from knowing that He lives and He promised us eternal life with Him, if we repent of our sins and follow Him. And I honestly hope that we all do, or we may end up sharing the sad end of Loman and others who are chasing after the American Dream delusion.
 "every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. " Matthew 7:26,27