... himself, but does not want anyone to see they are human and make mistakes. This is apparent in a flashback Willy has with Bernard. Bernard initiates a conversation with Willy about Biff's math work in an attempt to make him aware Biff's near failure in the class. Bernard wants Willy to understand that the school will not graduate him because he printed University ... that" attitude (1190). Not wanting to see the truth in what Bernard is saying Willy does not even hint to Bernard that he is right about Biff needing help in math and that he will not graduate if he does not shape up. This ...

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... well liked and attractive. He leaves out the vital role that hard work and respect play in a successful business life. For instance, while Biff is in high school, he failed math by four points, and the teacher refuses to give him these points because he did not like Biff. BIFF: See, the reason he hates me, Pop-one day he was ... ...

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... much faith in him. Biff would've lived up to Willy's expectations, but Biff's motivation in life was diminished after he witnessed Willy's affair with another woman. Consequently, Biff failed math and was rejected every-time he tried to get a job. Because of his failure, Willy was angered believing that his son was a "lazy bum." Furthermore, what worsened it more was ... ...

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... unsuccessful. As the play unfolds, the observer learns about various incidents in the Loman family past which account for their present condition. Biff had always relied on athletics, failed in math and did not graduate high school. Willy had always encouraged Biff not to concentrate on academics since he had such great athletic potential, does not want to be blamed for ... ...

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... this flashback he is brought back to the most disgusting point of his life, when Biff finds out about his other women, and Willy finds out that his son flunked math. This scene is the turning point in his life, where everything begins to go downhill. The present time had always been horrible, and full of problems, but the alluded to ... ...

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... tells Biff he has friends in the cellar, and Willy "remembers" that the friends swept out the furnace at Biff's command. When Biff was a senior in high school he failed math, but instead of taking summer school and making up the credit so he could go to college he didn't and Willy does not remember why. In the second act, while ... ...

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... a person does if they"re well liked. This unwavering belief in his illusions renders Willy incapable of seeing reality.The reality is that Biff is no one. He steals, fails math class and lies about his job, saying that he was a salesman when he actually was nothing more than a shipping clerk. Miller so closely interlinks reality and illusion that like in ... ...

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... , this seen in the way he always tells his son Biff he get somewhere because people like him. Biff was popular and well like in high school, because Biff failed math his senior year and ruined his chance to live out the American dream. Even though Biff realizes he cannot become wealth and successful, Willy still wants Biff to go into ... ...

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... two sons that having these traits is more important than school work and being a productive member of society. Biff, Willy's son who was once an attractive football star who failed math his senior year and gave up on his aspirations, was well liked but did not succeed in society. He realizes that "I"m like a boy. I"m not married, I"m not in business" (11). Willy ... ...

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... people. This led to some problems later on. Biff Loman was a star athlete in high school with multiple scholarships for athletics. He never went to college, though. He had flunked math in his senior year and never went to summer-school; it was mostly an act of spite against his father. Instead, he traveled around the West working on ranches raising ... ...

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... phony little fake! You fake!" (Miller 121) With this incident, Biff's discovery of his father's dishonesty, he does not go to summer school to make up for this failure in math, burns his sneakers on which he had previously printed 'University of Virginia,' and as his friend Bernard worded it, "gave up on his life." (Miller 94) Biff's unsuccessful career is ... ...

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... his son Biff could of been a great businessman who could of achieved the American dream. Only if he didn't dwindle his life away at the worthless ranches when he failed math in college. How Biff has affected Willy was in a big way. In the climax of this play, Biff tried to make Willy realize that they both have failed at the ... ...

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... is Willy's inspiration as a father, he has the determination to become a great football player, not to mention to make something with his life and the Loman name. However, Biff flunks math and throws all of his opportunities away, so it seems to his father. It is with these circumstances that Biff and his father begin to separate and part ways. Willy ... ...

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