On page 28, when Willy starts talking to himself and Happy comes down, Willy exclaims,”You’ll retire me for life on seventy goddam dollars a week? And you women and your car and your apartment, and you'll retire me for life! Christ’s sake, I couldn’t get past Yonkers today!” Although Willy is shown always unsatisfied with Biff, we can also see that he is unsatisfied with Happy as well. Happy follows Willy’s tracks, which is essentially a given that he will fail, but the fact that Happy does not create his own path reveals his lack of individuality. On page 50, after the argument between Biff and Willy, Willy professes,”Because you got a greatness in you, Biff, remember that. You got all kinds of greatness….” This quote essentially shows how much Willy believes in Biff despite the numerous amounts of faults that he committed. Although Willy is not satisfied with both of his sons, it is obvious that Willy pushes Biff more than Happy. Logically speaking, the more you push somebody, the more you care about that person as you would want the best out of that person. We can relate that to how much Willy pushes Biff, showing that he believes that Biff has potential and could achieve
On page 28, when Willy starts talking to himself and Happy comes down, Willy exclaims,”You’ll retire me for life on seventy goddam dollars a week? And you women and your car and your apartment, and you'll retire me for life! Christ’s sake, I couldn’t get past Yonkers today!” Although Willy is shown always unsatisfied with Biff, we can also see that he is unsatisfied with Happy as well. Happy follows Willy’s tracks, which is essentially a given that he will fail, but the fact that Happy does not create his own path reveals his lack of individuality. On page 50, after the argument between Biff and Willy, Willy professes,”Because you got a greatness in you, Biff, remember that. You got all kinds of greatness….” This quote essentially shows how much Willy believes in Biff despite the numerous amounts of faults that he committed. Although Willy is not satisfied with both of his sons, it is obvious that Willy pushes Biff more than Happy. Logically speaking, the more you push somebody, the more you care about that person as you would want the best out of that person. We can relate that to how much Willy pushes Biff, showing that he believes that Biff has potential and could achieve