Happy's dreams and ambitions are based on what he thinks will make Willy proud of him, yet he “doesn't know what the hell I'm working for. Sometimes I sit in my apartment, all alone. . . . My apartment, a car and a lot of women. And yet, damn, I feel alone." (Miller) Happy's pursuit of his father's idealistic American dream was spurred by the "neglect of his father, whose primary concern is always directed toward Biff. Happy suffers, as a result, a general moral decline." (Fuller) Willy's self-sacrifice in pursuing the American dream is adopted by Happy as Biff points out that Happy is only the assistant's assistant, and Happy continues in his self-sacrifice and the illusion of stating: "Well, I'm basically -." (Miller) Willy's overbearing attention to Biff and Happy's almost complete abandonment cause both men to fall into a life of sadness and loss of identity, however Willy's obsession with the American dream places Linda in self-denial while protecting herself and him from