Biff And Willy's Relationship

To further mention, because of the incident that occurs Biff no longer cares as much about his father’s well-being or his future success career wise compared to before the incident occurred. This was a key to destroying the happiness in him. Firstly, before Biff finds out his father was cheating on his mother, he talks with Happy and Willy about his football career with his coach, and he says “oh, he keeps congratulating my initiative all the time, Pop” (30). Even after admitting to have stolen a football from his coach, he talks highly about his football reputation that he achieves from his coach, which is similar to how highly Willy values his salesman reputation. This shows how much he values his football career and how excited he is to play football, as he went as far …show more content…
Instead of waiting to talk to his father after the trip was going to be over, he went to Boston himself and told Willy about the situation. This just shows that Biff really cared for his father and felt it was necessary to let him know, because Willy plays a key role in motivating Biff to get a good mark in math. Finally, after finding out the bitter truth about what his father was doing during his trips out, he does not care much about his career as he begins to give up on the faith he had in his role model. While Linda and Willy talk to each other about Biff, Linda says “I don’t know, I think he’s still lost, Willy. I think he’s very lost” (16). Even after having the chance of being a very good football player, Biff Loman is still considered lost at the age of 34. After coming back home to find another true identity for himself, Willy still questions why he comes home, and they audience gets the understanding that Biff does not seem to care as much as he did before when he was coming out of high