A relationship is a connection between two people that no one can take away or replace. A father-son relationship is a special bond in which they share the same beliefs and love each other unconditionally. In the play, "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, Miller portrays a father's relationship with his two sons. Willy Loman, the father, has totally different relationships with each of his sons, Biff and Happy.
It is obvious that Willy favors his first-born son, Biff. When Biff was in high school, he was a star football player, all the girls swooned over him, and he was well-liked by everyone. Willy took so much pride in his son's accomplishments that he based his life around Biff. Everything was about Biff. After Biff graduated, he really didn't pursue a profession with big success. He moved from job to job and received little pay. Willy became disappointed with Biff because Biff didn't make anything of himself. Willy called him a lazy bum. He pictured Biff being just like him. Willy thought highly of his profession as a salesman. But Biff had his own dreams. He didn't want to live a life like his father. He wanted to make it on his own by building a ranch out in the west. .
Willy's relationship with Biff is like a typical father-son relationship. They get into a lot of arguments and they rarely see things on the same level but they have a mutual love and understanding. Whatever it was that Biff had on his mind, he would share it with his father. But all the conversations led down to one thing: Willy wanting Biff to find a good job. Willy sees Biff has an underachiever. He cannot get over the fact that his son is not as successful as he was in high school. Biff knows his weaknesses and his failures and he is aware that he needs to find a decent job and when his father baggers him about it, he gets defensive and mad. .
On the other hand, Willy's relationship with his younger son, Happy is nothing like Willy and Biff's bond.
