“Biff suffering from Willy’s illusions and delusions” Who is William Loman?
William Loman is the main character in the play Death Of A Salesman by Arthur
Miller. In the play Willy is play as an elderly salesman and lost in false hopes
and illusions. As Willy grown older, he has trouble distinguishing between the
past and present. The character that suffer from Willy’s illusions and
delusions was Biff, Willy’s eldest son. The three main reasons that Biff was
suffering from Willy’s illusions and delusions were being well liked, being a
salesman, and arguing with Willy all the time. Willy’s believed that all it
takes to become successful is being well liked. Willy thought that Oliver would
let Biff borrow some money even though if Bill Oliver hasn’t seen Biff around
ten years. “ You know why he remembered you, don’t you? Because you
impressed him in those days.” (pg.108) Biff stole Oliver’s basketball and it
been a long time that Oliver didn’t see or contact with Biff, so there is no
way that Oliver will remember Biff. Once you walk in to the jungle, they don’t
care if you are well liked because they only care about your skills. They only
hired you for your skill not your look. Being well liked is not the key word for
being success because being popular can always be forget, but if you have skills
it is always there when you need it. The second reasons that Willy’s believed
Biff could be a successful salesman. Biff was trying to achieve Willy’s goal.
“Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to work myself up.
Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one kind or another. And it’s a measly
manner of existence. To get on that subway on the hot mornings in summer. To
devote your whole life to keeping stock, or making phone calls, or selling or
buying. To suffer fifty weeks of the years for sake of a two-week vacation, when
all you really desire is to be outdoors, with your shirt off. And always to have
to get ahead of the next fella. And still that’s how you build a future.
(pg.22) Biff gives up his goal just for Willy. Since the day that Biff, he was
actually tying to accomplish Willy’s goal. But it was to hard for him because
he doesn’t have the patient to wait and he is not well-educated person. If
Willy doesn’t motivate Biff from cheating then he could have been learning
something that would help him in the real world. Willy and Biff argue all the
time. Biff can’t stand Willy illusions and delusion anymore. “Will you let
me go, for Christ’s sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before
something happens? I’ll go in the morning. Put him – put him to bed.”
(pg.133) Biff finally found out that is dad had the wrong dreams. So he want to
go some to some other places to find the real him so he doesn’t have to be at
home and face Willy’s illusions and delusion before something going to happen.
Throughout the play Biff had wasted his time in high school until he was
thirty-four years old. If he didn’t suffer from his dad’s illusions and
delusions than he could have been an intelligent and a have a successful job.
The reasons that Biff suffer from the illusions and delusions was being popular,
being a businessman, and disagreeing in subjects.