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When Biff goes to Boston to tell his father that he had failed, and that he wants Willy to go and talk to his teacher, Mr. Binbaum, about his grade, he notices that there is someone else in the bathroom with Willy. All Biff's life, Biff had looked up to his father. He though of his father as perfect. Biff thought that everybody in Providence and in Boston lived Willy and Willy just made all of this comission money because he was such a great saleman. Nothing Willy did was ever wrong according to Biff, and their relationship was great. Not only did Biff think that his father was perfect, Willy thought that Biff was perfect as well. Willy thought that everybody loved his son, that he was handsome and great with the girls, smart, funny, and athletic. He thought that all of these things would make him successful. This is interesting because this is another example of how Willy is a kid and how he does not act mature. He has tons of these visions and dreams that aren't really true, just like a young kid has. Anyways, when Biff realizes that his father is lying about the woman, he starts to ignore Willy, and the view that Biff had of Willy was completely gone. Biff lost all of his respect of his father, and all of his idea of perfection of Willy also went down the drain. Biff then gave up on his life because he figured no use could come from it. What was the point. Willy had set an awful example for Biff, and Willy also contradicted everything that Biff had ever taught him.