CHARLEY: You want a job?
WILLY: I got a job, I told you that. [After a slight pause] What the hell are you offering me a job for?
CHARLEY: Don’t get insulted.
WILLY: Don’t insult me. (Act 1)
In this play it is kind of hard to distinguish what is reality and what is a delusion, but one thing that is certain is that Willy is a prideful man. He wants people to view him as being an important, successful figure in society and will do just about anything to convince people of this. However Willy's pride is exactly the thing that hinders him when things start to fall apart. He has cared so much about appearance and the way people view him that he has forgotten to actually be the person everyone views him to be. It becomes apparent to more and more people that his life is falling apart, but Willy will not let the illusion fall apart. He snaps at the people trying to help him and refuses to take a handout. He thinks he is protecting him image when in reality he is ruining his life. He's not only ruining his life though, because he has a family who depends on him. Charely even tries to give him a job but he just pushes him away. If Willy had just accepted the help and worked hard at it, people would have really viewed him as a hardworking man because that's really what he would be. But because his pride blinded him from seeing the value of humility, his life fell apart.
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