In Part 2 of The Death of a Salesman, Willy wakes up to Happy has left and Biff has gone to meet with Mr. Oliver about the job. Linda then reminds Willy that he needs to ask Mr. Wagner for a non-traveling position in New York, Linda also reminds him that he needs to cover their last payment on their home mortgage, refrigerator, and Willy's life insurance which I believe symbolizes he will never be out debt and finally be free from worries about money. Right as he is about to leave, Linda tells him that his boys want to take him to dinner at Frank's Chop House, a fancy steak restaurant. He is excited and elated because it represents his dream, a sign that his sons are finally successful. He also yells at her for mending stockings because Willy had an affair on one of his traveling trips with another woman who every time he visits he brings her stockings. I feel that this shows Willy has still not dealt with his consequences of the infidelity that has occurred. Willy arrives at Wagner's office and as he enters Mr. Wagner doesn't pay much attention to him, instead playing with his wire recorder he bought for dictation, but has been using it to record his family. He forces Willy to listen to all the recordings and everytime Willy tries to praise the device, Mr. Wagner just shushes him which I feel shows he cares about this device more than about Willy. It shows that Willy is just a pawn that doesn't mean anything and it shows that Mr. Wagner is selfish. Willy tells Mr. Wagner a story about a salesman who inspired him, this salesman sold until he was eighty-four years old and died "the death of a salesman," alone in a train compartment. First of all I believe that the fact that Willy considers this man his role model shows he believes in the wrong values and selling to him is more important than anything else in his life. The role model salesman was mourned by hundreds of salesman and buyers, which shows that he is the epitome of Willy's mad desire to be well-liked. Willy begs Mr. Wagner for a job and continues to mention Mr. Wagner's father and how close they were, Mr. Wagner then leaves the office and tells Willy to compose himself. In his absence, Willy begins to speak with Mr. Wagner's father but accidentally turn on the recording device and is unable to turn it off. I believe this is a very important part in the book because it symbolizes that the world and his work have passed his time. Mr. Wagner comes back in and tells Willy he is no longer welcome to represent the company and tells him to rest and let his sons support him. This is also very important because it symbolizes that Willy's exaggerations about his sons success have come to haunt him because Mr. Wagner believes they are much more successful than they really are and believes they can support their father.