Biff seems to know that his father is, and may always have been self-delusional, but he wants no responsibility for helping. Happy is almost an accomplice as he believes the illusions his father created about his own importance. The boys each have their own reaction to Willy. Willy is the bland man and the others are unwilling to teases, and, at least, half-blind themselves.
In thinking about the metaphor from which to construct the production matrix I was struck by the image from my memory of children playing Blind Man’s Bluff.
