Death Of A Salesman Compare And Contrast Essay

In the play Death of a Salesman by Author Miller you see two children who grew up in the same household only years apart end up to different jobs, personalities, and outlooks on life. These differences are as a result of a culmination of circumstances, the first of these differences being the difficulties Biff had to overcome at the end of his senior year of high school. Happy never had to grow up and overcome the same challenges at such a young age. The second is their jobs, where Biff and Happy were exposed to two very different cultures. While Biff avoided his family by moving west for his job, Happy remained in contact with Willy and as a result remained under his destructive influence. The third and final difference was the way each of them grew up. Biff was given all the attention while Happy was ignored for most of the play. For these three reasons Biff and Happy ended up with two very distinct and different personalities and while Biff grew and evolved throughout the book as a result of what happen throughout his life. Happy, on the other hand, remained stationary throughout the play believing in the …show more content…
Biff was worked on farms and ranches for low pay his whole life and ended up learning what the average Americans life is like and seeing what the world is really like away from his family and his fathers influence. Happy on the other hand, has gone into business but not only lives in this sheltered world he has created for himself, but also lies to himself about who he really is and what he does. He tells himself and other people including his own family that he is the buyer’s assistant while he was really the assistant to the assistant. He takes after his father and continues to listen and take his advice even after he has left home for own life. He continued to listen to his father’s advise because of how he was ignored by his father growing