What are Happy's main issues that he has with his life? Happy is waiting for his boss to die so he can take the job. He knows his boss wouldn't enjoy himself and he won't do the same.
He feels he is working around fake people. Harold " Happy " Loman: Willy's younger son. What did Willy's father sell? At Willy's request, Ben tells young Biff and Happy about their grandfather.
Among an assortment of other jobs, Willy and Ben's father made flutes and sold them as a traveling salesman before following a gold rush to Alaska. Are Happy and Biff good sons? Willy feels that his sons, especially Biff, have all the tools they need to be successful. However, Willy does not realize that he has not instilled a sense of responsibility, work ethic, or morals into Happy and Biff. Who is Biff Oliver? Bill Oliver is one of Biff Loman's former employers.
He is introduced to the plot when Biff and his brother, Happy, tell their father that they're considering going into the sporting goods business. Willy is excited about this plan, and believes that it presents an opportunity for success.
How does Happy measure success? Happy Loman - Willy's thirty-two-year-old younger son. Happy has lived in Biff's shadow all of his life, but he compensates by nurturing his relentless sex drive and professional ambition.
Happy represents Willy's sense of self-importance, ambition, and blind servitude to societal expectations. Happy grew up listening to Willy embellish the truth, so it is not surprising that Happy exaggerates his position in order to create the illusion of success. Instead of admitting he is an assistant to the assistant, Happy lies and tells everyone he is the assistant buyer. This is Willy's philosophy all over again.
Happy also relishes the fact that "respectable" women cannot resist him. He thrives on sexual gratification, but even more than that, Happy savors the knowledge that he has "ruined" women engaged to men he works for and also despises. He states, "I hate myself for it. Of course, this, much like the world of business, fails to satisfy him.
Most disturbing for Happy is the fact that he can't figure out why all this isn't working. He's followed the rules, done all the right things, yet Happy just isn't happy. His name highlights the irony of his predicament. If you consider the fact that parents name their children, you could say that Willy foolishly bestowed the nickname on his son in yet another display of misguidance and delusion.
Just as the saddest part of Willy's suicide is his continued delusion, the saddest part of Happy's ending is his own persistent misbelief. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Arthur Miller.
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