Biff and I could be twins; in pressures and in a couple scenes that occur throughout the play. Willy is always pressuring him into doing what Willy wants and what Willy sees for his son's future: but, Biff wants something different. He doesn't want to be a salesman, he wants to be a shirtless farmer out in the country. Willy has goals for Biff: he's going to successful and he will be the best. Biff doesn't want that.
I can relate. My dad is great. He's smart and definitely knows how to "father." He is quite successful and wants the same for me and my older sisters. He has these fantasies, and if they don't go his way, then he gets upset and tries to change how the future may turn out into what he pictures it. This is sometimes a problem. He pictures me going to a particular college, and yes -- he has a point, i can get in and it has all of the classes/minors/majors that I want in a college -- but so do other colleges. I don't think he sees that. "Oh, the University of Utah is great! It has all you want and it's only thirty minutes away." It is great, and it would be a amazing college to attend; but that's not my top choice and I don't think my father understands that.
