Ben's influence on Willy

I believe that Ben was a negative influence on Willy. Ben would always come from out of no where to stop by and spill lies about get rich schemes and how he could travel the world with him along with his boys and Linda. The reason he was such a negative influence is because he tricked Willy into believing him. He through out all these ideas to the point where Willy could almost taste them and then in a matter of seconds he leaves him behind. Willy has spent his life trying to get rich like his brother and sees himself as sort of a failure and is upset with his life because he isn't like his brother. Linda thinks that Ben was a negative influence on Willy because he always wanted Willy to travel with him and Linda didn't see the reason. She said, "Why must everybody conquer the world?" She thought that Willy was happy enough at home and he had a family to raise. He is "well liked".