All my Sons
In the play "All My Sons", by Arthur Miller, the word 'father' means the personification of goodness and infallibility to Chris Keller. There was a strong relationship between Chris and his father, Joe. Everything Joe had done in his life was for Chris. His entire factory was intended for Chris once he retired. Throughout the play there was question of Joe's innocence in the death of 21 pilots, who were flying planes that had parts from Joe's factory. Chris strongly believed that his father played no part in those deaths and that the blame lay solely on Joe's partner, Herbert Deever. At the end of the play, Chris' realization that his father was guilty brings about anger and then remorse, when Joe commits suicide due to his guilty conscience. Joe has done everything in his life for his sons. Once his elder son Larry died in the war, Joe devoted his life to his younger son Chris. "KELLER. ...Because what the hell did I work for? That's only for you, Chris, the whole shootin'-match is for you (Miller, 15)."
The love that Joe displayed to his son was returned in the love and respect that Chris had for his father. George Deever's confrontation with Chris about his father's guilt demonstrated Chris' belief that his father was not guilty of any crime. He refused to believe that his father played a role in shipping the defective parts to the government. This only reinforced the idea that there was a strong father son bond between Joe and Chris. The moral values that were instilled in Chris blocked him from believing that his father was capable of anything else but good. These values prove to be the eventual down fall of Joe. "JOE. Nothing is bigger than the family. I'm his father and he's my son." Chris felt that because he had pressured Joe into accepting his responsibility, to the universe and the people in it, he was to blame for Joe's suicide. This remorse demonstrated that although Chris was deeply angered and saddened by his father's guilt, he still loved him. "GEORGE. ...But you know him. You know in your heart Joe did it.
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Approximate Word count = 704
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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