In the story Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller the character Biff asserts to his family that “we never told the truth for ten minutes in this house” which is completely true. The Loman family is constantly lying and making an array of different excuses in order to escape the truth that they are just a “dime in a dozen.”
Happy may only have a few lines yet most, if not all, of them are lies. Happy is constantly claiming “I’m getting married” yet it is clear to the reading audience that he is not. Happy is trapped in Biff’s shadows and he claims these lies in order to gain attention. Happy also claims towards the end of the story “I’m changing everything. “I’m gonna run that department before the year is up” which blatantly shows Happy’s…
