Influence. The ability to have an affect on someone’s character, behavior, and thoughts. Both a blessing and a curse, fathers provide us with love, guidance, and wisdom. Ultimately, girls grow up and look for a man that resembles her father in some way, shape, or form. Boys grow up and take after their father, becoming a different but similar versions of them. The loss of a father figure would impact our lives dramatically. Biff’s, Happy’s, Willy’s and my father have a similarity: our fathers play a huge part in our lives. Biff, Happy, and Willy lack the ideal father-type in their lives. One, plagued by insanity and the other, completely non-existent, doom the three when they grow up. Parents, especially fathers, possess the ability to unknowingly mold their children into who they become when they grow up. Willy Loman’s utterance impacts the way Biff views the world around him. “It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it- because personality always wins the day” (65). Willy explains to Biff that being well-liked by people is more important than a good education. Throughout his life as a salesman, Willy paired his success with how well-liked he was in the selling community. Shoving these misconceptions down Biff’s throat, he eventually began to see the world through his father’s eyes. Biff …show more content…
“I’m losing weight, you notice, Pop?” (33). When Biff and Happy were young, Willy’s primary focus was on Biff and his football career in high school. Happy felt he was second best as he watched his brother get all the attention. Happy repeated himself multiple times and even resulted to getting on the ground to draw attention towards himself. Today, Happy is not happy. Trying to please his father and meet his expectations brought about a life of loneliness. Willy’s absence from Happy’s life gave him misguided thoughts about work and women. It’s almost as if Happy didn’t have a father figure in his life, but neither did