Relationship Between Father And Son

Being a father is a difficult role especially in raising a son. Ideally, the relationship that a father and son can be; the father would give all the rules and the son will be responsible to obey it. In any case it is very hard to set a solid connection amongst father and son, because of what a father anticipates from his son. For example, in the narratives, “Death of a Salesman,” and “Fences” both Willy and Troy have the same difficulty in gaining their respects with their sons, as well as to set as a good role model for them. Between the two plays, both the protagonist, Willy and Troy shows their own way of raising their son. However, Willy is more supportive with Biff’s dream while Troy become a hindrance with Cory’s dream which is to be a player. In “Death of a Salesman” Biff is his dad 's favorite. Youthful, good looking, solid, clever, and brimming with desire, Biff will surprise the world, and Willy plans to living vicariously through him. Miller shows in the play the father like Willy who believes that being “the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead” (21; Act 1), with Biff being the captain in their football team, his dad believes so much to his abilities that he will be a successful man and a professional football player someday. It just shows that Willy is obsessed with popularity. Since he didn’t succeed in his life, he wanted everything for his son, he wanted Biff to surpass what he