Are you familiar with football?…Biff is quarterback with the New York Giants.
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 2. Happy is a compulsive liar who makes up this story about his brother’s fame as a football player with the New York Giants. He is speaking to Miss Forsythe, the attractive girl in the restaurant he is trying to impress. Happy is very like his father the way he deceives people and deceives himself.