He always said he’d stake me. I’d like to go into business, so maybe I can take him up on it.
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 1. Like father, like son. Just as Willy has done all his life, Biff deceives himself in believing that his former boss Bill Oliver thinks so highly of him that he will finance him going into business. Bill Oliver not only doesn’t stake him, but doesn’t even remember his name in the end.