4. How does what Biff learn in Boston influence his life? Why can't Biff be what his father wants him to be? Why does Biff steal things?

Biff went to Boston to catch up with his beloved father before his college visit. When he finds his father with another woman, he realises that Willy is truly a fake, and does not have thegreat qualities which Biff had formerly believed his father held.

Biff does not attend the summer school as he has given up on success - for himself and his family. His father's moral weakness reminds Biff of his own shortcomings - his proclivity to steal, for instance - and that his father's encouragement and faith in the family to succeed had no real foundation.