In Death of a Salesman as well as in American Beauty, the main conflicts revolve around a great underlying problem, which is "appearance" as a way of living and expression of the outside. Later all the problems relating to the relationships between the characters and the lack of communication in the families will arise. In both works it can also be seen that the characters make great efforts to pretend to be happy with themselves. Willy Loman who may seem like a short man, writers often choose names for a reason, has two personalities, one strong and one weak, dreamy. . The dreamer is optimistic, enterprising, contented and happy and the other is inconsistent, insecure, hypocritical and reckless. Both appear in all the advice he gives to his children. He is very contradictory, he is a person with excellent manual skills who insists on dedicating himself to commerce. He does the opposite of what he wants. He is a country man, he loves nature but lives in the city. Willy wants to be a good father, he tries to impress his children and instill their dreams, not to educate them. He himself does not know whether he is doing good or bad. He seems like a determined and self-confident person, but he is weak and needs the support of others, especially his wife, but then he cheats by showing insecurity, hypocrisy and lack of respect. He seems like a strong person but sometimes he humbles himself even though he is proud and tries to appear strong like when his boss fires him. Charley gives him money but he doesn't accept work because of his pride. He also has wrong ideas, wrong dreams and is in the wrong place. There is always a gap between what he does and what he says, what he wants to do and what remains in the background. There is the if...... middle of paper...... pants “in the family, which controls everything, even the music they listen to at dinner. In conclusion both works demonstrate the theme of the American dream and materialism. Sacrifice and the American Dream are closely linked in Death of a Salesman and American Beauty. Discuss. Sacrifice and the American dream are inextricably linked in the play Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, and in the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes. The pursuit of the American dream ultimately leads to the sacrifice of individual values ​​and morals to meet the social expectations of the urban context of the 1940s and the suburban context of the 1990s. The American Dream is a social dream supported by its materialism in which the individual must decide whether to follow their social values ​​or personal ideals and face the consequences of their decision.