To what degree does the protagonist believe in and live by the social order he is a part of in Death of a Salesman?Give examples

Willy totally believes in the social order he is part of,
and tries vehemently to be a success within this system. Sadly, he cannot see that he is
not equipped to succeed in the system he chooses to be part of, and he refuses to accept
help to change the way he lives in order to survive.

For
example, Willy has always worked to be a self-made man. He is a salesman, seeking out
markets and striving for the commission which will help him support his family in the
way he wants to. Willy has never really been able to succeed in this environment. In Act
1, we see him reminisce over returning from a sales trip. He tells
Linda-

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WILLY:..I was sellin' thousands and thousands,
but I had to come home.

Linda
rushes to calculate Willy's commission, and as she does this his story begins to
change-

WILLY:
The trouble was that three of teh stores were half-closed for inventory in
Boston.

By the time we see
him as a man in his sixties, he is even less successful. He is working on commission
only and is 'borrowing' money from his friend Charley to give the illusion to Linda that
he is being paid. Unfortunately, Willy's desire to succeed in the societal system he
believes in means that he cannot take the job offer from Charley. This would be
defeatist, and Willy would have to admit that he was not a good salesman - something he
had striven to be for his whole working life.

Charley is
exasperated with Willy's actions, but he wishes to support his
friend-

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WILLY: I-I just can't work for you,
Charley.

CHARLEY: What're you, jealous of
me?

WILLY: I can't work for you, that's all, don't ask me
why.

Willy is contemplating
suicide as we know, and yet he is unable to accept Charley's offer. This would be more
of an admission of waekness than suicide? Willy seems to be conditioned to think so. He
must support his family by himself, even if he has to die to do
it.