He conjures the memory of when the son of his next-door neighbor, Bernard, informs him that Biff is failing math class and may not graduate. Willy relives a time when both boys visited him on a road trip to Boston. He is talking about the time Biff stole a football and promised to throw a pass to Willy. Meanwhile, Willy seems to be reliving scenes from his past as if they were happening in the present. They contemplate dreams of the future including buying a ranch together. Biff overhears Willy muttering about how Biff has not lived up to Willy’s expectations. Happy cannot get a promotion until his current manager dies, and Biff wants to be his own boss. Both are unsatisfied with their jobs since they both feel stuck. The two brothers discuss women and their futures. It appears that Willy is talking to Biff even though Biff is not present while Willy is talking. The two argue about their son Biff.īiff and his brother, Happy, overhear Willy talking to himself. His wife, Linda, wants him to request a new job that does not require him to travel quite so much. We learn that Willy is having memory lapses and having difficulty telling the difference from things in the past and things happening now. Willy Loman is an aging salesman who has just returned from a business trip.
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