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all my sons by arthur miller

"All My Sons" Miller's Chief Criticism Of American Society A shot was heard throughout the Keller home as Joe ended his guilty, worthless life.Miller criticizes that American society has become corrupt- a place ofselfishness, where people care too much about themselves, and that whichbenefits them, and will go to any lengths to achieve that goal; even ifthe repercussions of their actions will bring harm to other people. Hestresses that money seems to be the key factor that drives society to thislevel of corruption. Miller emphasizes this point in several ways. Thefirst example is that Keller knowingly ships out cracked cylinder heads,that will crash an airplane if used, to prevent his business from goingbankrupt, claiming that he did it for his family. The second example isthat Sue would rather Jim make allot of money, and not do medicalresearch- which is what he really wanted to do. The third example is Jim'sabdication of his pursuit of medical research do to the lack ...

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