Compare Cora Tucker to Willy Loman. Where does one succeed where the other fails?
Their definitions of success are different. Cora Tucker sees success as making a difference in one's community for the better. Willy Loman sees success as having a good, steady job because one is well-liked. Willy is not well-liked (or a good worker) so he gets fired. He loses his success. Cora Tucker doesn't have the best job, nor is she well-like by everyone. Yet she makes a difference for the better in people's lives so she has achieved her version of success. She is also happy, as well. If you switched their definitions of success, they both fail. Willy doesn't make a difference in the community- he is preoccupied by himself and his sons alone. Mainly Biff. Cora Tucker isn't the most well-liked person, nor does she have a well-paying, good job as Willy defines it. But success is measured by one's own definition, so she is successful. Kind of interesting, that.
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Liz-
I like the way you approached this blog. I didn't think about it this way, but you're right in the fact that their definitions of success are different. Willy sees success in one form, and that does not change. To him, success is being well-liked, as you have said, and there are no two ways about it. Cora is a little more flexible, and in turn, more successful. She doesn't care what anyone else thinks and gets done what she has to. I also agree that success is measured by one's own definition, and this is where Willy is at fault. He left no room for compromise and it ended in his demise.
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