Fitzgerald to Willy

Willy, in my opinion, portrays the mindset of F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the Great Gatsby, I believe that the plot of the story was based upon the life struggles of the author. Fitzgerald may having been dealing with trying to decide the type of life he wanted to live. It didn't seem at first that Fitzgerald had expertise in a particular trade. Through further investigation of Fitzgerald's life, we find that he wanted to be a famous writer. I believe the problem came when it was time for him to decide how to do it and what to do with the earnings. One can venture to say that he had a discipline issue when it came to money.

As Fitzgerald parallels to Willy, this may have been a shared quality. Its seems that Willy had a successful career as a salesman. I believe during his prime, he could sell anything. Due to this, i believe he always had money, however, this became a problem. Throughout the play it seems that Willy could be easily persuaded into anything and as a result, it ended with senseless spending on his part. This ultimately would put him in a financial bond therefore preventing him from making insurance payments and so forth. Eventually he gets to a play where he is trying to kill himself. Willy just as Fitzgerald couldn't handle the pressure. Fitzgerald from what I know didn't intentionally try to kill himself but did have a severe drinking problem. In both cases, I believe that these cases stem from the incapability of handling the pressure of the time, especially with money.

Both men elude to some greater struggle during their time. What was so hard about keeping and controlling money? It seems that when this problem arose, people with the problem cracked under pressure and tried to do themselves in.