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All My SOns

Some people feel the strongest allegiance towards their family and are willing to do or sacrifice anything to protect them while others put their community or nation first. In Arthur Miller’s fictional short play, “All my sons”, Joe Keller is portrayed as a father who is desperate to keep his family together. During the war he knowingly ships out 120 cracked cylinder heads, crashing 21 P-40 planes, killing 21 soldiers. Although Joe’s greatest concern is to protect and preserve his family, he ends up tearing it apart by committing crimes against his family, community, and humanity.
Joe made decisions he felt were best for his family and is a good man at heart. His life revolved around his family: “I’m his father and he’s my son, and if there’s something bigger than that I’ll put a bullet in my head” (426)! He was willing to do anything for them, even if it meant sacrificing his own life. Joe made the poor decision of sending out cracked cylinder heads with his son...

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