Aayushman's Draft

Howard Wagner is a businessman who is the boss of Willy Loman. In a lot of ways Howard represents the unemotional business world. He is more interested in the benefits of his business than the benefits of his workers. In the play, instead of giving a job in New York to Willy, he fires him because he thinks that he is becoming a hindrance to his business as he becoming mentally unstable. Although he tries to be kind to Willy by saying that he could come back after taking a long rest, it might also mean that he is just saying that to avoid firing Willy right away, which would cause a reduction in his workers' morale as Willy had been working for the firm for over 30 years. Howard is also a very obsessed person as he is more interested in his wire-recording than what Willy has got to say.