. His ideal job, like his father, keeps him moving from place to place and does not offer a stable income or stable future. This job tests his physical strength instead of his mental and emotional strength. Biff ruins every job opportunity that comes his way Biff in order to be happy. However, does not want to be a failure and a disappointment to his father.
             Biff and his brother, Happy, are both trapped in their adolescence. Their names, Biff and Happy, are children's nicknames and inappropriate for grown, mature men. The conversations held between the two refer back to their childhood. Both men reminisce about past conquests and the glory days of football in high school. They stay stuck in the past because they have given up on their future. The hopelessness of Biff's situation is that he follows the actions his father has demonstrated and he is still seen as a failure. This situation is bleak because no matter what he does his father's contradicting ideas keep him.
             In contrast to Biff, Happy is not as self-aware and
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