He encourages bad behavior such as when biff “borrowed [a football] from the locker room.”(29). He also encouraged to boys to cheat on their test in order to pass. Through out the boy’s childhood Willy never instilled in the boys a good moral compass, rather he praised them for their miss doings encouraging their bad behavior. Finally one of the other major ways that he fails to be a role model is with Biff when he came up to Boston. Biff walks in on Willy having an affair and at that moment biff loses Willy as a role model completely. Biff calls Willy “[a] fake! [a] phony little fake! [a] fake!”(121). He no longer cares about going to Virginia for school and football or about his failed math test. He sends Biff into a spiral never sure what he wants to do with his life. Since Biff lost is role model he never had a guide for his life, causing him to go from job to job never staying in one place for to long. Willies constant failures not only let him down but also fail his
He encourages bad behavior such as when biff “borrowed [a football] from the locker room.”(29). He also encouraged to boys to cheat on their test in order to pass. Through out the boy’s childhood Willy never instilled in the boys a good moral compass, rather he praised them for their miss doings encouraging their bad behavior. Finally one of the other major ways that he fails to be a role model is with Biff when he came up to Boston. Biff walks in on Willy having an affair and at that moment biff loses Willy as a role model completely. Biff calls Willy “[a] fake! [a] phony little fake! [a] fake!”(121). He no longer cares about going to Virginia for school and football or about his failed math test. He sends Biff into a spiral never sure what he wants to do with his life. Since Biff lost is role model he never had a guide for his life, causing him to go from job to job never staying in one place for to long. Willies constant failures not only let him down but also fail his