In this two pages we can see how both Biff and Happy are not satisfied with the lives they have and do not know what they exactly want. We can notice that Biff has inherited his father’s weakness for which he is lost and is unsuccessful; but unlike Willy and Happy, he feels the urge to pursue the truth about himself. Both, his father and brother are not able to accept the pathetic lives they have, Biff accepts his failure and confronts it. Happy is more naturally successful, but he has lived in the shadow of Biff all his life, which gives him no escape from his condemned self. When Happy says to Biff “what do you mean?” and Biff responds “ Never mind. Just don’t lay it all to me” (21-22) we realize how Biff affirms that the matter is not that Willy is concerned for him as Happy thinks. It is not so that Biff does not know why Willy treats him in a hateful way as he then tells Happy: “Why does Dad mock me all the time?... Everything I say there’s a twist of mockery on his face. I can’t get near him;” the fact that Biff knows why and tries to pretend he does not
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He tells to Willy, "A man who can't handle tools is not a man" (44), and Biff tells Happy that "Men built like we are should be working out in the open" (23). This introduces a questions of what does it mean to be a man; this is later on developed on the play but now it states that working in an office was considered less masculine and that the physical was worth more than the intellect; for example, Happy thought he was better than everyone, including Biff, just because he has better physical qualities. Nowadays being a man is being creator of something; a home, a business, a job, a system, a life, is to do things and not look for reasons, it is rising every time he falls or fails, instead of explaining why he failed; and clearly that was not the case in Death of a
He tells to Willy, "A man who can't handle tools is not a man" (44), and Biff tells Happy that "Men built like we are should be working out in the open" (23). This introduces a questions of what does it mean to be a man; this is later on developed on the play but now it states that working in an office was considered less masculine and that the physical was worth more than the intellect; for example, Happy thought he was better than everyone, including Biff, just because he has better physical qualities. Nowadays being a man is being creator of something; a home, a business, a job, a system, a life, is to do things and not look for reasons, it is rising every time he falls or fails, instead of explaining why he failed; and clearly that was not the case in Death of a