There were a lot of nice days. When he’d come home from a trip, or on Sundays, making the stoop, finishing the cellar, putting on the new porch; when he built the extra bathroom; and put up the garage. You know something, Charley, there’s more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made.
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Requiem. Biff is standing at his father’s graveside reminiscing about times in the Loman household. Despite a difficult relationship with Willy fraught with disagreements, Biff has fond memories of family life. Speaking to Willy’s friend Charley, he tells of his father’s heroic efforts to build a good life for the Lomans through the many improvements he made to the house. In fact Willy seemed happier working with his hands on the house than he did in his sales job.