Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Happy & Biff

So far in our reading of Death of a Salesman we are introduced to four character two of which are Happy and Biff. The two are brothers who are only two years apart and are both in their early thirties. They are the sons of Willy and LInda. So far in Act I they are at home in their bedroom discussing life and their dad. The two brothers both seem to be very close because the first thing we hear about them is their mom, Linda, telling her husband that the two went out on a date together and how cute they looked together. Biff and Happy start talk about their lives and reminisce about their discussions when they were younger. Biff, the oldest of the two, isn't very thrilled with his life. Through out the first few pages Willy and LInda talk about how he is still trying to find his way and is sort of confused on the direction of his life. He loves to farm but thinks it is starting to get old. He isn't really sure what he wants to do with his life because he has tried being like his dad by being a salesman and he found it boring. Happy is some what of a player. He owns his own apartment and has a car. He is a business man like his father and is with a different woman every other night. He isn't happy with his life because all the meaningless hookups are starting to get old and he is starting to feel like somewhat of a pig becasue he hooks up with women who are already married. The two are very close to each other and like to joke and talk. I think they are reliable because of how close they are to each other and they both love their parents very much. At one point Happy asks Biff to not leave again becasue he needs someone to help him with his dad. 

2 comments:

Abbey Mac said...

Scott!!!!!!!!!
I don't really agree with the reliable comment you said. I said they were the complete opposite, not reliable at all. Biff is always changing jobs and can't be relied on to stay at one spot for more than a few months. He isn't very loyal to the people hw works with. Happy on the other hand isn't loyal to the people he works with either but in a different way. He is always getting with all of their girlfriends and wives behind their backs, which makes them not reliable at all.
Interesting points though scottie!

Rory said...

Scott, I also agree with Mac. I think that Biff and Happy are very unreliable characters. I think that Biff just has to many jobs and cannot settle down. And Happy, like Mac also said, has just done too many wrong things. But I do agree with you when you said that Happy wasn't really happy because he was getting sick of all the random hookups. I thought that you're ideas about Biff and Happy were good ideas.
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