At the same time, returning home is a huge jolt to the sensitive Biff. Biff is a good son, or at least he tries to be, constantly trying to live up to his father’s expectations. Personality… conflicted, but more mature than he might seem. Biff complains, “What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!” There’s no question that office work is not his calling, and that becoming a salesman would be sacrificing his life just to make his father happy. Or, more appropriately, being true to himself and becoming a farmhand. He’s unsure if he wants to commit to a relationship at this point, just like his uncertainty for his future in general.Ĭhallenge… choosing a career. Interests… farm work, and making his father proud. As Biff gets older, he becomes more pressed for time, and must soon make a final decision in terms of a “profession.” However, he’s also a natural salesman like his father. Biff is best with his hands, a born craftsman. He’s torn between following in the footsteps of his father and becoming the salesman Willy always wanted him to be – or moving to the American West, where he can work as a farmhand and enjoy the life of the great outdoors.
Miller carries on developing Willy Loman as a pitiful and unbalanced character who. The name ‘Biff’ gives an appearance of a tough man, but in the play ‘Death of a Salesman’, Biff is a flawed. More often, he appears troubled, frustrated, and sad. Biff Loman displays only a small measure of his youthful confidence, enthusiasm, and affection. He’s 34 years old, but still has the opportunity to decide his path in life. know that Charley may not be in total admiration of Biff's athletic. Flawed Character Biff Loman Acknowledges Failures in ‘Death of a Salesman’. Biff is still on the fence regarding his future career. He has returned home to find his father Willy a nervous wreck. The decision to drop out of school changed his life, perhaps forever. Unfortunately, he flunked math during his last year of high school, and then he dropped out of summer school when he caught his father cheating on his mother in Boston. Everyone said Biff had a lot of potential as an athlete, in college or even the pros.
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