Cora Tucker and Willy Loman would absolutely despise each other.
Either that or they'd be utterly fascinated by each other, because they have absolutely nothing in common, except that they are trying to achieve a very difficult goal. Willy Loman concentrates solely on being well-liked, while Cora Tucker completely discards that and concentrates only on pushing her ideas forward. Both of these can be good and bad- Where Willy falls short is in his failure to realize that it takes personal commitment to succeed (in most cases of course), and instead he is relying on the persona that other people make of him in order to get anywhere. Without that crutch from all the other people, or the knowlege that he is "well liked", Willy falls apart. Cora, on the other hand, doesn't seem to ever crumble- but she comes of as intimidating, also, and that's what her major problem is- that she intimidates a lot of the people that she wants on her side, and it doesn't help her case very much. Therefore she gathers a lot of people that dislike her, and work against her. However, Cora still seems to accomplish more than Willy.
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I loved how you started off this entry Tina, no joke. I like that you are thinking of what these people would think of each other and their reacts. And for the record, I think that Cora Tucker would put Willy to shame and set him straight. Cora is so into everything that she does and actually has a set of goals that are realistic. If she heard Willy's sad story and his concept of being well-liked... I don't think she would stand for it at all. Cora values what she believes in, while Willy on the other hand tends to conform to what every one wants out of him. She would pitty him and I think Willy would think she was nuts.
Great post!
Where do you get the intimidating vibe specifically?
It said specifically in the store that she intimidated people
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