The destruction of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur MillerWilly Loman is a traveling salesman who has worked for the Wagner company for 34 years . He is now 61 and his work has been taken off salary and placed on commission. He has a family and boasts to them that he is "vital in New England", but in reality he is not vital anywhere. Willy has many strong beliefs that he strives to achieve. He wants to own a business and he wants to be "bigger than Uncle Charley" and most of all he wants to be very successful and tries to emulate Dave Singleman. He wishes to die "a seller's death" and for many buyers and sellers to mourn for him. Also try to be a good father and husband. However, Willy's goals in life were futile as he achieved nothing. He was fired by Howard, his sons are both failures and abandoned him in a restaurant bathroom. His relationship with his wife is tormented by guilt for having committed adultery. He has to borrow $50 a week from Charley. He can't even concentrate on one thing for a long time. He doesn't know how to drive a car. Willy is so fed up with all these things that he wants to commit suicide and in the end he does. This argument suggests that Willy's deterioration occurs because of the principles he believes in. To a large extent this is true. After 34 years of life Willy loses his job. For a normal person in normal circumstances, getting fired is a time when you feel worthless. But Willy, as at the same time everything else goes wrong, feels like a useless old man. Willy thought that just because he named his boss, he would have a secure future with the company but, as Charley said, "those things don't mean anything? You called him Howard, but you can't sell him." Even though Willy wasn't even being paid a salary, Howard didn't even want him to represent the company in case Willy was "torn to pieces" again. While Willy is mostly destroyed by his own ideals, there are other things that destroy him as well. , like Howard, Happy and Biff. Willy is emotionally destroyed when Howard fires him. Then, both of his sons disown him and abandon him in Frank's Chop House.