Death of A Salesman Blog 5

Blog – Do you think Willy made the right decision to refuse Charlie’s help?

Charlie offers Willy a job, but Willy refuses repeatedly. Charlie is offended and becomes angry; however, he gives Willy the money. Then Willy reveals to Charlie that Howard fired him. This prompts Charlie to attempt to give Willy the job again, but Willy refuses. Willy remarks that an individual is “worth more dead than alive.” (Pg. 98) Pride causes Willy to lose his chance of starting his life over with a new job. This also happened earlier in the book when Ben offered him a job in Alaska. Willy turned that offer down because he wanted to prove that he could do just as well in Brooklyn. The reason Willy turns Charlie down is because he is jealous of the fact that Charlie owns his own business. I don’t think Willy made the right decision to refuse Charlie’s help because he already refused Ben’s before and he ended up being fired from his job.