Although a story may follow a character, giving him center stage and spending the most time on him does not mean he is the most important character. In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is the main character, but he is not the protagonist of the story because he does not show any outward changes. His son Biff, on the other hand, shows a very clear and gradual change in nature, particularly his perspective on the dream his father set before him. Willy told Biff how much he was liked by everyone around him, so he must have a bright future waiting for him. Biff, wanting to impress his father, takes up the same job as a salesman, but when these two things are combined, Biff is misled into believing that he is more important than he actually is. Biff has this state of mind until the end of the play where he understands that he is just an ordinary man and that it is impossible to achieve his aspirations. The "salesman" in the title refers to the future that Willy envisioned for Biff, which Biff attempted to achieve, but ultimately gave up on. Biff can be considered the protagonist of Death of a Salesman as he is the only character to show personal development throughout the play, and his death is metaphorical, where his unattainable dream of becoming a successful salesman dies along with his father. Despite Willy not achieving his own ambitions, Biff still believes in the dream and elaborate fantasy that Willy has been feeding him since he was in high school. During Willy's flashback to the day of Biff's All-Scholastic championship game, Willy brags to his neighbor and congratulates Biff on how amazing he is and where he could go in life. Biff, wanting to impress his father, accepts it, which translates to... middle of paper... a dozen times', and like any other unsuccessful person. Biff shows huge changes and is able to overcome the unattainable dream of becoming a salesman and achieving instant success. Although Biff seems to be losing a lot, he manages to remove the dream, the obstacle in his path and find out why he came back to New York to find out who he is, even if it means he is just a humble hardworking and not a leader: “And I looked at the pen and I said to myself: why am I taking this? Why am I trying to become something I don't want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a fool of myself and making a fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am” (105). Biff realizes that it is better to live in reality as an ordinary man than as an ideal man in a fantasy, because living in a dream will get him nowhere..