Arthur Miller Quotes

Death of a Salesman, Act 2. Biff’s makes this tragic and incredibly honest admission to Willy. It is Biff’s attempt to reject the unrealistic American Dream of material success his father has for him. All Willy can see is the old Biff, the high school football star destined for success, and not a young man desperately trying to find himself and his path through life. Biff wants his father to love him and doesn’t wish to disappoint him. But he realizes that he does not fit Willy’s version of the American Dream and he tries to escape his father’s efforts to accomplish his own dreams of success through his son.