Biff And Willy's Relationship

Arthur Miller’s Death of Salesman is the story of the memories and problems within the Loman family. It emphasizes greatly the relationship between Willy Loman and his son, Biff. Biff is a star football player and is described by Willy as “well-liked.” Between the flashbacks and the time the story is set Biff’s life changes dramatically. He goes from being a potentially successful man to a homeless traveling vagrant all because of his father’s false teachings and his affair. To begin, Biff becomes the man he is because of his father teaching him that it is right to steal. When Willy’s brother Ben comes to visit, Willy tries to show Ben how fearless his children are. To do this he instructs Biff and Happy to “go right over to where they’re

When Biff was going to see Willy, he was going to ask for help because he teacher failed him in math, because of this Biff wouldn’t graduate high school. All Biff would’ve had to do to pass the class is to go to summer school and retake the class. But because Biff found his father with another woman, he began to resent him. Biff begins to think that his father is nothing but a liar, that everything that he has ever told him is false. When Biff is arguing with Willy after discovering the woman Biff says that Willy is “fake! You phony little fake! You fake!” (Miller, 121). Biff begins to disobey everything that Willy tells him to do, so he purposely didn’t go to summer school. Because of the affair Biff was determined to defy his father so he no longer gave any effort in his life, becoming a homeless worker. In Death of a Salesman, Biff Loman goes from being a possibly successful football player, to a traveling worker. The author put this character in the story to show us that blindly following instructions, and believing your elders morals without questioning them does not turn out well. To be successful you must have your own