Biff Loman Lying

In their minds, the Loman family believed that they were more successful and powerful than anyone else. Power and success was definitely not the case for any of the Lomans and Biff finally realized it. In the book Death of a Salesman, Biff Loman says, “We never told the truth in this house for ten minutes.” I think that Biff is correct when he says this. Throughout the entire book the Lomans lie emotionally, about their careers, and they lie just to lie. Willy and Biff Loman do not have a strong relationship all because of a lie. Their relationship was strong until Biff found out about Willy’s affair. After Biff uncovered his father’s lie he didn’t respect him anymore and that made Willy angry. So, they were constantly fighting. Happy, on the other hand, feels neglected by his parents and is always telling them lies to seek attention. Happy will tell his parents he is getting married, when he is not, just so they pay more attention to him. Not only were the Lomans lying about their emotions but they were also lying about where they were at in their careers. Biff always though that when he was younger he was a salesman for a man named Bill Oliver. It wasn’t until years later that Biff realized it was a lie; Biff was a shipping clerk not a salesman. Willy also, constantly lies to Linda about how his job of being a salesman is going. Willy
While Biff was gone trying to get a job and make money he stopped writing to his family. Biff lied to his family about why he didn’t write to them because the real reason was he was in jail for stealing a suit. Willy also lies about him trying to kill himself with gas. Linda also lies about it because she knew what Willy was doing but she kept putting the hose back when Willy would come home. After Howard fired Willy, he told Howard that his boys were a big success and that they were working on a big deal, which was a