Why did Biff steal the pen?

His expectations for his adult son Biff are largely unmet, so Loman is disappointed that neither he nor his son have been successful at obtaining the American Dream of wealth, success and fame. When Biff doesn't get a loan to start a new sporting goods store, he steals a fountain pen from the loan officer's desk.

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is that lennie, a man with a mental disability, is treated poorly due to his mental disability

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.