Flasssssshback!

The Death of Salesman makes use of flashbacks frequently throughout the text. Whenever Willy is in a serious conversation with someone in his family, he flashes back to another scene in his life where he is a different person. It is almost as if he has an alter ego that controls a portion of his life. This is sad because he is trying to live the American dream, but soon figures out that is not it is all chalked up to be. In addition, these flashbacks seem to trigger the memmory and then control how he lives his life as a family. These flashbacks also include his sons, who are defenseless in this story. It seems to me that they are begging for their father's acceptance. Willy just will not give it to them.