Perhaps it is due to the abandonment by his father that Willy Loman experienced at a very young age, or to the subsequent abandonment, a few years later, from his elder. brother Ben, this is the reason Willy is so desperate to be loved and accepted. He continually refers to being “well-liked” as being of the utmost importance. Physical appearance, the admiration of the world and the opinions of others are more important to Willy than the relationship he has with his own family. These and several other references throughout "Death of a Salesman" describe the troubled relationship between Willy and his two sons, Biff and Happy. The name Willy, which we realize is short for William, is a pretty silly name. However, this could suggest that Willy is deliberately denying the lack of an honest relationship with his two sons. Perhaps he willingly allows himself to be deceived by the fantasy of what he could have been or what his sons could have become and by the mediocre reality of the Loman family's real life. Arthur Miler's "Death of a Salesman" depicts the broken relationships hidden in a failure of grandeur that a father has with his two sons. Biff is home for a visit and talking with his brother, happy in their room like they were when they were young boys. Willy returns prematurely from a business trip and is downstairs when the boys hear him talking to himself in a sort of quasi-reality. Meanwhile, the two boys discuss the past. It is interesting to note here that the roles of the two boys in relation to each other seem to have been reversed. Happy was the shy one growing up and Biff had all the courage and confidence in him. Now Biff seems to have been beaten down by life and is on the verge of middle of paper......r and he has continued to lead a life of moral failure and nomadic disappointment. Although Willy's relationship with Biff was healing, his relationship with Happy was perhaps even more tragic. Happy was ignored by Willy. Where Biff couldn't live up to Willy's high expectations, nothing was expected of Happy at all. Happy tried unsuccessfully to get his father's attention by bringing Willy's attention to his weight loss. Willy doesn't answer. Interestingly enough, Happy is the son who follows in his father's footsteps but again, Willy doesn't notice. While Biff will never live up to Willy's expectations of him, Happy will never live up to the expectations he has for himself. Biff discovers who he is and is determined to become true to himself. Happy, unfortunately, is destined to live in the same illusion that Willy lived in.