Willy distorts reality by exaggerating the past in order to satisfy his unmet hopes of the present.
It is weird how different events of the past can change so rapidly when they travel from one person to another. Every time the story or event increases in excitement and drama. No one wants to tell a boring story so they add something to it. Soon enough you have a completely different story. It is in this concept that one realizes Willy's twisted images of the past. Willy had so many hopes and dreams, one of them being that he would be well liked and known by everyone. Because of this dream, Willy distorts the reality of his job and his "friends." Willy tells his kids of his times out at work and how the police would watch his car as if it were their own. He also told them of the time when he and the Mayor of Providence sat down for a cup of coffee together. Neither of these stories was real, but in Willy's mind these things happen all the time.
Willy lies to himself so......
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