Race for the Junkyard.
During act one and two we see that Willy is on a quest to gain material belongings. We also see how this ‘quest’ leads to his destruction as a business man and a person.
By the middle of act one, we know that Willy has very few possessions, although some of these are his house, car and refrigerator. Even though none of the items have been completely paid off, he is quite proud of them. Willy chose his refrigerator because it had the biggest advertisements, even though it was probably lower quality of other fridges but more expensive. Willy doesn’t care what they look like nor how good they are as long as they have the biggest ads.
By the time Willy has paid for his possessions he has to pay for them to be fixed because they are falling apart or breaking down from old age. Before he has paid off his fridge the fan belt has broken meaning he has to pay extra to get it repaired. He also has large bills to pay and no money to pay them with. “Odds and ends comes to around a hundred and twenty dollars by the fifteenth” Willy replies “a hundred and twenty dollars! My God, if business don’t pick up, I don’t know what I’m gonna do!” Before the car is paid off Willy has a negative attitude towards it “That goddam Chevrolet, they ought to prohibit the manufacture of that car!”