Willy's biggest value is hard work and he really tries to instill that in Biff and Happy. One really cannot just slack off and be successful, sure it is possible but it really is not as rewarding. Willy also seems to focus on being well-liked. Being well-liked will get you only as far as people are nice.
Hard work is more important to teach a son rather then being well-liked because if my father really only taught me to be well-liked we would probably have a better relationship. Hard work is all he cares about but it makes sense because if you cannot work hard to get what you want you will really never get anything. I would probably be like Willy though because you really cannot be a jerk because that really will not get you far either, but you cannot be friends with everyone, someone hates you.
Willy contradicts himself a lot but it may be because of his very bad memory. It really is not his fault because he cannot control his poor memory. It probably cannot all be to blame his memory either because he seems very indecisive which is a really bad attribute to have. If you cannot make a decision and stick with it, no one will ever believe what you are saying.
It is not apparent if Linda is blind to his constant inconsistencies or just does not want to embarrass him. This hurts Willy in the long run because he may not be aware of it when someone could be telling him. Linda could probably tell him without him freaking out if she tells him the right way instead of just being very upfront about it.
I feel like Willy just beats on Linda and she does nothing about it. Either she doesn't want him to change and she's trying to ignore the fact that he is, or she's eqqually as crazy as Willy. Either way they're the most dysfunctional family I've seen.
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