In the wake of his latest alliance with the business world, he finally accepts the truth. “…I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been! We have been speaking in dreams for fifteen years" (104). Happy cannot accept this reality, as accepting it would force him to face his own self-deception. He begs Biff to tell a different story to appease his father. No matter how forward Biff is, Willy won't face the truth about himself or his children. "Will you let him go, for God's sake" Will you take that fake dream and burn it somewhere before something happens? (133) Willy mistakes Biff's pathos for passion and says, "That boy, that boy will be wonderful." (133) Willy becomes convinced that he can achieve greatness through suicide and that leaving the twenty thousand dollar benefit will save his children. Even in death, Willy is a liar; commits insurance fraud to amass his small fortune. His true gift is deception, and it was passed on long before his death. Biff is no longer shackled by the illusion and vows to return to the West where he is more comfortable. “I know who I am Kid” (138) he tells Happy at his father's funeral. Willy's death finally frees