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This is a little text about Biff and Happy of "Death of a Salesman"... It is my homework. Could you correct it? Thx!
Biff and Happy are in the drama „Death of a Salesman“ the children of Willy and Linda Loman. Both are visiting their parents and sleep in their old bedroom.
Biff seems to be a problem child for his father, because his acting in reality is a big contrast to his past. In his youth Biff was a very reputable football player and he still had lots of fans around him. His father recognized that his son had lots of talent and he saw a great future for him. But today Willy isn’t as proud as that time of his son.
Biff is angry with his father, because Willy only sees the possibility of success in life and not the human beings behind his children. And he always mocks at his son Biff so that there increases a great distance between them. Biff is not sure what his future will bring for him. He wants to be outdoor and is not interested in any normal business-jobs as e.g. his father has.
Biff’s job is low-payed, but he is very impressed of the farm he is working at. But at the same time he isn’t content with his life, because he doesn’t know what he’ll do in his future.
I think that this discontent is influenced by his father’s behaviour against him. Willy always tells him that his life is nothing worth if he is not successful in business, so it could be that the attitudes of his father are now transfused at Biff’s life. Because of that Biff is still searching his ego – at the age of 34.
Also the other son, Happy, seems not to be content with his life. Although he is a masher (Weiberheld) and successful in his job he can’t be really happy. He doesn’t now the real reason why and for what he is working. He feels lonely – like his brother. The both have a good relationship. Happy for example learned from his brother how to act with women. Biff and Happy long for a life with a real relationship to a woman.