Cora Tucker vs. Willy Loman

Cora Tucker is a hard working woman, who has a realistic perception of what she has done. Willy Loman, only perceives that he is hard working, and has pho-perceptions of what he has done. It is a matter of comparing a realist to an idealist.
Cora Tucker leads rallies, is self- motivated, and believes that hard-work gets you to your goal. Willy Loman isn’t necessarily unmotivated, but he certainly isn’t self-motivated, and he believes that good looks and being well-liked will lead you to success. Willy Loman relies on Linda for motivation and encouragement, whereas Cora Tucker neither has any, nor particularly needs anyone or anything.
Any job requiring self-motivation, or actual skill and hard work would be where Willy Loman would fail. Willy Loman survives on “a smile and a shoe shine”, and not on having skill and making your self work hard. Leading rallies all by yourself, or being any sort of authority figure would not be a feasible job for Willy Loman.
Although one might think that a woman like Cora Tucker could do almost anything, (besides teach an English class), I don’t believe she would be able to succeed as a salesman. If you’re a salesman, it doesn’t necessarily matter how hard you work- it’s how good you are at selling yourself as a well-liked and good-looking salesman. Someone like Cora Tucker would most likely quickly become very frustrated and aggravated with this job, seeing as she would not be able to present herself as well to the customers because of her poor English and commanding and harsh personality.
Cora Tucker and Willy Loman are two completely opposite people, and where one would fail, the other would succeed, and vice versa.