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Biff And Willy's Relationship Analysis
Willy and Biff’s relationship is far from great however you know that they both love each other. They both share a strong drive of determination and motivations for the things they enjoy or to provide for their family. Willy understands the fundamentals of sales and what sacrifice it takes to do so. However in the sense I just watched I would also say he is highly tempered and even though he loves his family I fear that he also could at any time an abuse them. My conclusion to this is because every time his wife went to speak he would raise or even yell at her. Willy seems to live much though his sons lives and when Biff decides to go into business to support his parents Willy becomes extremely happy and overbarring. Biff has lived his life

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