When we reach the age of a teenager or young adult, we expect them to have learned to be responsible for their actions and to be ready to accept the praise or consequences he receives. The sooner a teenager takes responsibility for their actions, the better prepared they will be for life as they get older. Adolescents need to understand the consequences of their actions and realize the implications it has on others. In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the main characters, Biff Loman and Jay Gatsby, both defy their parents' influence and become something and someone they never became. 'were not originally meant to be. Biff Loman is ultimately responsible for how he turned out, however, it didn't help how he was raised and put on a pedestal by his father. Throughout his childhood, Biff was always considered the "star of the show" by his parents and friends. This treatment has given him a "god complex", in which he is unable to take orders from others because he feels above them. Additionally, catching his father, the great man he admired, having an affair with another woman devastated him, destroyed his drive to go to college, and ruined the way he views his father. From that point on, he fell into a downward spiral. He moved to Texas and worked on ranches, but he couldn't keep a job because he kept stealing from the bosses, another thing Willy allowed during Biff's childhood because it was just about 'loan' and that the owners of the stolen goods would do so. appreciates that Biff “takes initiative”. In the present time of the play, Biff is 34 years old and discovers why he has never done anything with his life. ... middle of paper ...... it doesn't matter if the outcome is positive or negative Some of the most important decisions that are made in life are made at the adolescent-young adult stage; the degree we will pursue, the future career path we will follow. Teenagers and young adults must learn to take responsibility for themselves, their actions and their choices, because they are the ones who will have to live with them in the novels. , Death of a Salesman and The Great Gatsby, main characters Biff Loman and Jay Gatsby make choices and commit actions that defy their upbringing and their parents' wishes for them. Ultimately, they became what they did of their own accord and must take responsibility for it. As in real life, adolescents and young people make choices and commit actions that influence their future, and they must also take responsibility..