Death of a Salesmen: Freedom And Willy’s Dream In the play, Death of A Salesman, the Loman family is living in a lie created by Willy Loman’s dream. Everyone in the family has come to a point where the lie has become a reality for them. The only person who has the courage to be honest is Biff. When Biff is honest with his father and his family he frees the Lomans from Willy’s dream and the dishonesty that it brought on. Biff was the biggest captive of this dishonesty. He lived his whole life from what his father wanted him to do. Biff first came to terms with the lie his life was when he went to Boston to have Willy get his grade changed. He sees his father with