The Loman Brothers

Will Landschulz
Am Lit Per 2
Mrs. LaMagdeleine

In this scene we see Willy and Biff in the same room as each other.  Biff is worried about Willy, and pities him, but things change in meaning over the space of mouth to ear, and Willy comes in insulted and angry.  Biff and Linda try in vain to calm him down.  Even after Biff tells him about the upcoming interview, Willy tries to add detail to Biff's description ("how much is he giving you?"  "I didn't even see him yet, but -" "Ah, you're counting your chickens again.") and Biff starts to storm out in frustration and disgust.  Happy gets an idea.  He and Biff could sell sporting goods as a seperate line, "the Loman Line," with them both, the "Loman Brothers," selling and running the business.  Happy used that term before, the "Loman Brothers," when Biff thinks up an "if only" cattle ranch that he and Happy would raise out West.  Of course, neither of these plans can come to fruition if Biff can't hold down a job.  So, therefore, he's going into an interview with an old family friend.  The resulting flurry of pointers on how exactly Biff should comport himself in his interview ends in a near-shouting match between him and Willy after he yells at Linda to (basically) shut up.  Going back to the plan, I think it is a little far-fetched, especially keeping in mind that Biff has had between 20-30 jobs, and there is no start-up loan in sight.  There doesn't seem to be much going for this plan, as it is based on a dream, a far-off event when everything goes right.