To think that a mother would like one of her sons more than she likes the other one is hard, and in the play, Linda does not give any definitive signs of liking Biff more than she likes Happy. However, there are signs in the play that suggest that Linda understands that Willy's hopes and dreams are wrapped up in Biff; and therefore, Linda puts pressure on Biff to be good to his father. At times in the play, Linda appears to brush off Happy--she knows that he is a philanderer and that he lacks ambition, so she does not take him very seriously. Biff being the older child seems more successful to Willy and Linda, so they appear to like him more for these traits than they like Happy.
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