Biff, with all the pressure and expectations from his father, attempted to go out and make something of himself. Before he was back home, he had told his father that he had been doing great things out west, when really he was doing the complete opposite. Now that he was back home, his father expected him to do the same here. Biff got together with his brother Happy, and they thought that they could go into a sporting goods business together. Willy was very excited about the idea, and became optimistic. He was positive that this would be his son's big deal. When the deal fell through, and it came time to tell Willy about what had happened, the two boys, Biff and Happy, had totally different views on what should be said.
Happy wanted Biff to hide it from his father. He suggested that Biff make up a story to make Willy believe that they had a chance at their deal, and then Willy would soon forget about it and move on to another fantasy of his within a few weeks time. Biff, on the other hand, was sick of living a lie. He wanted to tell the truth, not only about the Sporting Goods deal, but also about their whole lives. The two argued about the situation, and eventually this would lead to the breaking point of the entire family.
After the restaurant, when everyone was back at home, Linda was furious about the boys leaving their father alone at the restaurant. Happy was still trying to mend the truth that Biff had told, back into a lie, that would satisfy his father's fantasy. Biff was determined to let the whole family know what the truth behind their lives was, and Willy could not accept the fact that Biff would never become anything good and respectable. In no way, were each person's thoughts agreeing with one another's. Biff told how he "stole" his way out of every business deal and how Willy needed to stop having unrealistic dreams for him. He even pulled out the rubber hose that Willy had planted in the basement, in a last attempt to fix his father's sickness, but all of his attempts had failed. Happy was dumbfounded by what they had said, and all Linda wanted was for them to leave their father alone and get out of the house. Willy was now convinced, that Biff was not making anything of himself in spite of Willy, for when he caught him cheating on his mother in Boston. To Biff though, this was not the case.
In an accumulation of their lives, the family had together, reached the end of their rope. Everything was now laid out on the table, and yet still, they all could not seem to overcome their issues. They had waited too long and they were too far-gone now. All of their lies, dreams and deceptions had finally caught up to them, and there was nothing they could do to work out the situation now. When all was said and done, Biff, Happy and Linda all went up to bed, leaving Willy downstairs by himself. Willy, instead, proceeded to go outside, get into his car, and kill himself in a car crash. It was the end to the Loman family.
The Loman family was a family that showed when things get too carried away, and are not fixed; it will eventually lead to a family downfall. It is impossible to make it as a family, when everyone is living a lie. The Loman family proves this because in the end, everyone had lost, nothing was solved, and they were left with less than what they had started with. None of them would change, and if they could have all just accepted that their lives were they way that they were, and always would be, than maybe they could have won their own battle they created. Eventually though, it all becomes too late. This happens all to often in families that are living amongst lies and it will soon lead to the disintegration of a family.
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