It's really interesting to see the close comparisons and similarities beetween the characters, Norma in Sunset Blvd. and Willy in Death of A Salesman. Norma and Willy are both characters who used to be successful, or so we are told. They both live and reminisce in their glory days, and are sort of whack-o people. They are extremely messed up. I also think their are comparisons beetween their house. Although Norma's is large and full of stuff and Willy's isn't, I still feel like both houses are very empty and are quite lonely. Both houses were both nice houses that their owners obviously liked, but over time Norma's became overgrown with vegetation and Willy's was overcrowded by apartment buildings and urban development.
Both characters are crazy and seem tp not reallly understand modern life. Both Norma and Willy have a dream that they cannot get away from and cannot stop holding, just like in Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Great Gatsby, and The Last American Man. Both Norma and Willy are obsessed with their past. I don't think that Norma was honestly as big as she thinks she was. I think, like Willy, she exagerates her past, and remembers things that only she wants to remember.
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