death of a Salesman 4

Ben was a positive influence on Willy. He came from out of normal, and spilled his lies about success in front of willy, close enough for him to reach out and grab them. He belived everything Ben was saying. He fell for it when Ben was saying he just ended up in Africa, and after coming out of the jungle one day he was rich. Now Willy has this idea of instant success stuck in his head. He believes that it should be something easy to get, when in fact that isn't the case. Now he is living his life with those unreachable standards of Ben in his mind, and he is comparing everything he does to these standards. Ben might have been a good influence if his stories were real, but the fact that he is promoting something that is extremely unreasonable makes him an awful influence. Linda also believes he isn't a good influence. Ben is wanting Willy to pick up everything and move to Alsaks in order to strike it rich. Because Willy already has this god like image of Ben, he is easily swayed toward following him on his journey. Everything Ben is saying to him sounds wonderful. Wonderful enough to have him be able to get up and move everything in his life to the wilderness of Alaska. Linda hates that he is trying to convince her husband to do this. She thinks his life is fine where it is at. She also mentions something about her not being able to understand why people keep trying to rule the world now a days. This means that people are trying to do things that are much larger than they need to be happy. Also, they are doing things that are out of their reach.