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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. .
             2. Throughout the play, there was question of Joe's innocence in the death of twenty-one 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.
             3. 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." Many businesses are handed down from generation to generation. Joe felt his role in life was to build a business that his son could take over once he got too old to run it. His love and hope for Chris blinded Joe's ability to make a thoughtful and rational decision regarding faulty parts from his factory. This resulted in the death of the pilots". Joe completely disregarded the lives that his parts would be affecting because all he cared about was his son. The love that Joe displayed to his son was returned in the love and respect that Chris had for his father. "GEORGE. But you know him. You know in your heart Joe did it. CHRIS. Lower your voice or I"ll throw you out of here." 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.


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