All My sons

Arthur Miller
Short summary:

Joe and Kate Keller had two sons, Chris and Larry. Keller was a successful businessman
owned a manufacturing plant with Steve Deever, and their families were close. During the war,
Keller's and Deever's manufacturing plant had a very profitable contract with the U.S. Army,
supplying airplane parts. One morning, a shipment of defective parts came in. Keller didn't want
to slow business he sent a group that he knew to be defective (not working perfectly), and
twenty-one pilots died as a result.

Steve and Keller were arrested, but Keller claimed that the parts went out without his knowledge
and that his partner was the one who had covered it up. Keller went home free, while Steive
remained in jail.

Larry, was missing in action, but his mother insisted that he was still alive. Later we learn that
he committed suicide on learning of his father's arrest.

Chris has asked Ann (Steve’s daughter and Larry's old girlfriend) to marry him. Ann's
brother George arrived to stop the wedding. He had gone to visit Steve in jail to tell him that his
daughter was getting married, and then he left newly convinced that his father was innocent and
convinced of Keller's guilt, Chris's confidence in his father's innocence is shaken, however, and
in a confrontation with his parents, he is told by Mother that he must believe that Larry is alive.
If Larry is dead, Mother claims, then it means that Keller killed him by shipping out those
defective parts.

Mother told Keller that he ought to volunteer to go to jail if Chris wanted him to. She also
talked to Ann and continued insisting that Larry is alive. Ann was forced to show Mother the
letter that Larry wrote to her before he died, which was essentially a suicide note. The note
basically confirms Mother's belief that if Larry is dead, then Keller is responsible--not because
Larry's plane had the defective parts, but because Larry killed himself in response to the family
responsibility and shame due to the defective parts.

Keller entered, and Mother was unable to prevent Chris from reading Larry's letter
aloud. Keller now finally understood that all the dead pilots were his sons. He says that he was
going into the house to get a jacket, and then he would drive to the jail. But a moment later, a
gunshot is heard—Keller has killed himself.

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 Characters
Joe Keller - Joe, 60, was set free from the court after being charged with shipping
damaged airplane parts out of his factory during WWII, causing the deaths of 21 pilots. he has
placed the blame on his partner and former neighbour, Steve Deever. When the truth comes out,
Joe justifies his actions by claiming that he did it for his family. At the end of the play he kills
himself.

Kate Keller (Mother) - Kate knows that Joe is guilty but lives in denial while mourning
for her elder son Larry, who has disappeared for three years. She refuses to believe that Larry is
dead.

Chris Keller – Chris, 32, returned home from World War II two years before the play
begins,. He invited Ann Deever to the Keller house in order to ask her hand in marriage, but
their obstacle becomes Kate's unreasonable conviction that Larry will someday return.

Ann Deever - Ann, 26, Throughout the play, Ann is often referred to as pretty, beautiful,
and intelligent-looking. She had a relationship with Larry Keller before his disappearance. Ann
soon finds out that the neighbours all believe that Joe is guilty, and eventually finds out the truth
after a visit from her older brother George. finally, unable to convince Kate that Larry is gone
forever, Ann reveals a letter from Larry stating his intention to commit suicide having heard of
his father’s imprisonment.

George Deever – George, 31, is Ann’s older brother: a successful New York lawyer and
a childhood friend of Chris. He believed in his father’s guilt, but upon visiting Steve in jail,
realizes his innocence and becomes enraged at the Kellers for deceiving him. He returns to save
his sister from her marriage to Chris.

Frank Lubey – Frank, 32, he never served in World War II, instead staying home to
marry George's former girlfriend, Lydia. He tells Kate that Larry must still be alive, because the
day he died was meant to be his 'favourable day.' This strengthens Kate's faith and makes it
much harder for Ann to reveal the letter to her.

Lydia Lubey - Lydia, 27, was George's love interest before the war; after he went away,
she married Frank and they quickly had three children.

Jim Bayliss – Jim is a successful doctor. He wants to become a medical researcher, but
continues in his job as it pays the bills. He is a close friend to the Keller family and spends a lot
of time in their backyard.

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Sue Bayliss - Sue is Jim's wife, she too is a friend of the Keller family. She revealed to Ann that
the neighbours all think Joe is guilty.

Bert – Bert is a little boy who lives in the neighbourhood; he is friends with the Bayliss' son
Tommy and frequently visits the Kellers' yard to play "jail" with Joe.

Unseen characters:

Larry Keller - he has an effect in the play through his mother's insistence that he is still alive
and his brother's love for his childhood girlfriend. At the end of the play, Ann reveals a letter
written by Larry pronouncing him committing suicide out of shame for what his father did.

Steve Deever - George and Ann's father. Steve is sent to prison for the shipping of faulty parts –
a crime which he and the successfully exonerated Keller committed.

1-Write short notes on Larry’s tree .

It was a tree that had been planted in remembrance of Larry who would have been
twenty-seven this month and who has been reported missing in the war on
November 25th.

2- What was Frank working on? Why?

Frank was working on a horoscope for Larry, according to Kate’s demand to do so.
He wanted to prove that November 25th was Larry’s favourable day. (A favourable
day for a person is a fortunate day, according to his stars). If he proved so, it would
be practically impossible for Larry to have died on his favourable day.

3-Why was Kate convinced that Larry hadn’t died ?

She was convinced that Larry hadn’t died because Frank told her that November
25th was Larry’s favourable day. She also used to read in the newspaper everyday
that there were people who were reported missed and came back after more than
three years, Kate was convinced that Ann hadn’t got married until now because she
also was convinced that Larry hadn’t died.

4-Write short notes on Steve Deever .

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Steve Deever is Keller’s partner in work and both the Deevers and Kellers are
neighbours. Steve has been imprisoned for selling cracked cylinder heads to the
U.S.A. army, which caused the death of 21 pilots in the war.

5-Why did Steve’s family leave for New York ?

The family left for New York after Steve’s imprisonment because they feared the
scandal.
6-Why did Ann cut her relation with her father ?
Ann was Larry’s girlfriend. She couldn’t forgive her father when she knew about
Larry’s death.

7-Why wasn’t it easy for Chris to marry Ann ?

The problem was how to tell his mother who couldn’t believe Larry’s death and who
would consider them betraying Larry if they got married.

8- Why did Ann come to Keller’s house ?

She came back after three years as she was invited by Chris who has been sending
her letters all this period. He has loved her so much that she could feel that through
letters and fell in love with him.

9-What did Chris ask his father for ?

Chris asked his father for helping him in telling Kate about his wish to marry Ann.

10-How did Chris threaten his father ?

He threatened him that he would marry Ann and would go away leaving work and
home.

11-What terrible mistake made by Joe and Chris ?

They have actually made a terrible mistake with Kate when they didn’t tell her the
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truth that Larry was dead not missing as she thought.

12-What was Keller’s reply when Chris had asked for his help ?

Keller tried to convince him that Larry’s death was a truth to him and to Chris but
not to the mother “To you it is, and to me. But not to her.”
13-What bad omens about Larry do we have in this act ?
Kate had a dream about Larry in which he was flying over the house as usual and his
face was so clear and near that she thought to catch him. He was crying to her
“Mom….Mom” that she could hear him like he was in the room. Kate connected
between this dream, the destruction of the tree and Ann’s arrival. Then, she found
Larry’s baseball gloves which she hadn’t seen since Larry had been reported missing.

14-How did the Deevers give people a chance to speak about them?

Keller told Ann that they gave the people a chance to talk about them by going
away to New York.
15- Keller wanted to be generous to Ann Deever . Explain .
He asked Ann about her father and told her that she should convince him to come
back home and would find his job in Keller’s plant.

16-What was Ann’s reply when Keller offered her father a Job?

Ann thanked him for being generous with her father but she told him that she
hadn’t visited Steve for a long time and that she didn’t know anything about him.

17- Ann considered her father criminal, but Keller considered him just a fool.”
Explain.

Ann considered her father responsible for the death of her boyfriend, Larry and the
twenty-one pilots, Keller tried to comfort Ann by telling her that Larry has never
flown a P40. Keller explained to Ann and Chris the story of the cracked cylinder
heads during the war. He also told them that Steve meant no harm, of course
because he believed that the mechanics in the army would find out about the
cracked heads and send them back to the shop. When Chris agreed with Ann
considering Steve a murderer , Keller told him that the man was weak, but he
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shouldn’t make a murderer out of him.

18-Write short notes on Joe Keller.

Joe is a self-made business man of about sixty years of age. When he speaks, you
know that he is uneducated. He is a likeable person, a loving father and a good
husband. Family is everything to him and that’s why he doesn’t feel guilty as he has
made everything for sake of his family. He has committed a terrible crime , but he
doesn’t regret it as he doesn’t believe that he has done wrong.

19-- Explain how Keller faced the people after the trial. What was the result? What
does this show about Joe Keller’s character?

Keller tells Ann how he faced all the neighbours when he was acquitted. He came
out of his car and walked slowly down the street with a smile on his face. In their
eyes he was a beast! He was the person who sold cracked cylinder heads of the P40
to the U.S.A. Air Force; the person who made twenty-one P-40 planes crash in
Australia, causing twenty-one young pilots to die. Walking down the street they
thought him guilty, but he wasn’t, and he had a paper from court declaring him
innocent. Fourteen months later he had one of the best shops in the state and
became a respected man again, bigger than ever. He could not be responsible and
could not face himself with truth. He seemed to be unconscious of his guilt.

20-Describe the relationship between Ann and Chris.

Ann was Chris and Larry’s next door neighbor and were brought up together. She
was Larry’s girlfriend before he went to the war. Chris has been thinking of a wife for
three years since his brother was considered missing. He felt that the only suitable
lady to be his wife was Ann. He invited her to their house to propose marriage to her
although he knew that his mother would not agree as Ann was Larry’s girl and she
didn’t believe that Larry was dead. Ann expected that Chris would propose marriage
to her and that’s why she came to their house.

21-Who is Dr. Jim? What do you know about him?

Dr. Jim is the Kellers’ neighbor. He is a doctor but he doesn’t like to work as a doctor
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to cure patients. He likes to work in medical research to help the society. Although
he doesn’t like to work as a doctor , he works only to please his wife who is
materialistic and wants him to get a lot of money.

22-How did Frank help Kate to believe that Larry was still alive?

Frank helped Kate to believe that Larry was still alive as he was working on Larry’s
horoscope trying to prove that the 25th of November, the day on which Larry was
considered missing, was a favourable day for him. If he was able to prove that, then
Larry couldn’t have died but he was missing somewhere because Larry couldn’t have
died on his favourable day.

23-How did Chris want his father to help him in his marriage?

Chris loved Ann and had invited her to their house to propose marriage to her
although he knew that his mother would not agree as Ann was Larry’ girlfriend. Chris
told Joe that they were mistaken to leave Kate to believe that Larry was not dead as
she was still waiting for him. He asked his father to help him to convince Kate that
Larry was dead and that Chris could marry Ann. Although Joe didn’t like to face Kate
with this but he agreed to help Chris as Chris told him if he didn’t help him, he
would marry Ann and go to live with her anywhere.

24-Do you think Joe Keller was a bad person? Why?

Joe Keller was not a bad man as he did what he did thinking that they would
discover those faulty cylinder heads before fixing them in and he would have time to
replace them with good ones. He did that for the sake of his family and he didn’t
mean cause any harm.

25- “We’ve made a terrible mistake with mother”

What was the problem from Chris’ point of view? And what was its solution? Did Joe
agree with Chris?

From Chris’ point of view they were mistaken when they left Kate to believe that
Larry was dead and that they should tell her the truth. Joe told Chris that they could
not face Kate. To Joe and Chris Larry has died but to Kate he was not dead because
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there was no evidence that he has died; there was neither body nor grave ,so she
could not believe that Larry was dead.

26- Give an account of Kate’s dream.

She dreamed of Larry flying his plane, his face was so clear and real that she could
touch him. He cried to her. Mom ……….. Mom and then she woke up at the noise of
the wind blowing down Larry’s tree.

27- What was Chris ashamed of?

Chris felt ashamed to live any more than his companions did. He was a commander
of a battalion. He acted as if he was a father to everyone there. They respected him
too much and he started to teach them his idealism; how to think of others, how to
find enjoyment in sacrifice. The word -I- had no meaning in the battle field. They all
sacrificed themselves for each other. The only one who survived was Chris, though
he was the one who taught them how to give up life happily.

28- What was Chris ashamed of?

During the war he was the head of a group of soldiers, all were brave men. They
sacrificed themselves for each other. He felt ashamed to be the only survivor among
them. He was the one who taught them idealism and how to sacrifice and still he is
the only one living now. He couldn’t stand the idea of living happily with a family of
his own.

29- Why was Keller so keen on defending Steve Deever?

He said that one ought to forget and forgive as Steve meant no harm, of course
because he believed that the mechanics in the army would find out about the
cracked heads and send them back to the shop. Keller was so keen on defending
Steve Deever because considering Steve guilty meant considering Keller guilty too.

30- “No more roses…….decides to happen at the same time…. ”

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Kate said these words to Chris and Keller when Kate showed sadness about the
breaking of Larry’s tree. She sprinkled some petals over Larry’s tree while proving
that he was alive. She said that everything that relates to Larry come back at the
same time, Ann comes back, his tree blows down, this month is his birthday and she
stumbled over his baseball glove in the basement. Kate is acting as if Larry is dead
when she sprinkled the flowers as if on his grave, but in the same time she’s trying
to prove that he’s active. It shows that Kate is a contradictive unrealistic character
that suffers a serve inner conflict.

31-”The man was a fool, but don’t make a murderer out of him..”

Joe Keller said that to Chris when Chris declared his belief about Steve as a
murderer; the one who killed 21 pilots. Joe tried hard to defend Steve and justify his
crime saying that Steve was a fool and had a weak character. He was always scared
of loud voices. During the war, the major was whipping them over the telephone
every half an hour asking for cylinder heads, and all of a sudden, that day’s
production of cylinder heads was cracked – a fine hair line crack. Steve also was
afraid of Joe Keller as if he got rid of those cracked cylinder heads, it would be a
great loss to the business. Moreover, Keller said that Steve was sure 100% that the
planes would hold up. He covered the cracks himself and sent them, but he meant
no harm.
Joe was trying to correct Chris’s idea about Steve least in the future he might be
discovered to be the real criminal, so Chris would take him as a fool, not a murderer.
It’s considered a sort of self-defence.

32-”Alright Joe,… just be smart.”

Kate said these words to Joe Keller as closing lines to act one. Kate was drawing
Joe’s attention to the danger that might take place because of George’s return. Joe
was evading her warning against George, though she mentioned some strong
reasons why they should fear him. George had kept believing that Joe was guilty all
through the trial, and now he’s a lawyer and can handle matters more efficiently,
moreover; all of a sudden he visits his father in jail after three years and takes an
airplane to go to Columbus, then decides directly to go back to the Kellers. They
suspected that he should have discovered something important about the case, Kate
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was afraid that George might open the old case again. She told Joe to act smartly
with George, the matter which reflects their certain feeling of guilt.

33-How did Chris feel towards the commitment of his companions during the war?

Chris felt ashamed to live any more than his companions did. He was a commander
of a battalion. He acted as if he was a father to everyone there. They respected him
too much and he started to teach them his idealism; how to think of others, how to
find enjoyment in sacrifice. The word -I- had no meaning in the battle field. They all
sacrificed themselves for each other. The only one who survived was Chris, though
he was the one who taught them how to give up life happily.

34-Why does mother have to fear George?

George turned up to visit his father in Columbus – the jail- after the three years. He’s
coming back to the Kellers in an airplane, so Kate got worried because Steve had
always been saying that Joe was responsible for the crime, and George believed his
father all during the trial, but disowned his father after he was convicted and put to
jail. Now all of a sudden George visits his father in jail, and comes back so hurriedly
to the Kellers; moreover, George is now a lawyer and has his own office and can
handle matters more efficiently. Kate fears opening the old case once more.

35-How did Joe Keller react after he was acquitted ? What did he advise Ann to do?

He advised Ann to face people as he did before and everything would be alright,
because the Deevers gave people the chance to keep talking about her father’s
crime by leaving to New York. On the day of the trial, all the people thought that Joe
Keller was a criminal, the beast who caused 21 P40s to crash in Australia. He was
guilty as hell according to them that day, but he faced them all courageously with
the court paper which announced his innocence. He kept settling in the town and
faced them all. The result was that they stopped talking and Keller had a bigger
factory than before, and he became a respected man again, bigger than ever.

36- How is the title of Arthur Miller's play, All My Sons, justified?

The title is justified by the line that Joe Keller has late in the play: “I think to him they
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were all my sons. And I guess they were, I guess they were.” What Joe is referring to
is the fact that he should not have only been thinking of his biological sons when
making the decision about the faulty parts. He should have been thinking of any
airman as his son - that they are all his sons. His moral responsibility extends beyond
his immediate family.
Arthur Miller uses this family tragedy to make a clear statement about war - about
the economics of war and the decisions made during wartime that were unethical
and inhumane.

37- What is the significance of the newspaper in the first act of ”All My Sons”?

Joe Keller does not read the actual news sections of the paper. Instead he reads the
sections that relate to ads and entertainment. The newspaper hint helps to
demonstrate Keller's detachment and denial of current events, signifying his guilty
withdrawal from "the news" and the world.

38- Why did the author use Keller’s second name as a reference in all stage
directions?

I think the second name (( Keller)) was used by Miller as it is similar to the
pronunciation of the word ((killer)) and he was a killer as he was the main cause of
the death of the 21 pilots and his son .

39- What is Kate's attitude about her missing son in All My Sons?

If you look at Act One carefully, it becomes very obvious that Kate is a woman who
is unable to move on from the disappearance of her son, Larry. She is presented as a
character who is unable to contemplate the possibility of her son's death, and thus
she clings on to the vain hope that he is not "missing in action" but will find his way
back home eventually and re-enter their lives. Notice how she says to both Joe Keller
and Chris that she wants them to "act like he's coming back":
Because if he's not coming back, then I'll kill myself!
Of course, as the play progresses , we realise that Kate is so fixated on believing in
Larry's safe return because if she accepts he is dead, then she has to accept that her
husband was responsible for the deaths of the soldiers because of the faulty parts
his factory provided.
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40- How do societal pressures impact the American dream in All My Sons?

In All My Sons, Joe Keller's interpretation of the American Dream includes building
up his manufacturing business so that he can pass it on to his sons upon his death.
Further, Joe wants the business to prosper financially so that he can continue to
support his family. During the war, Joe felt that he was under extreme pressure by
the government to produce materials for the war effort. He knew that some of the
machine parts created in his plant (factory ) were faulty; however, he feared that if he
failed to fulfill the government's order for parts, then he and his business would
suffer financially. Joe put false hope in fate, assuming that a flaw in one part of an
airplane would not be disastrous. He was of course wrong; however, at the time of
his decision, he felt that the societal pressure from the government was a stronger
influential force, and he did not want to give up his American Dream.

41-What does the blown down apple tree symbolize?

Larry’s tree was a tree that had been planted in remembrance of Larry, who would
have been twenty-seven this month and who has been reported missing in the war
on November 25th. The blown down tree symbolizes Larry on stage, though he
never appears. The snapping of the tree reflects a disaster.

42-“I would love to help humanity on a Warner Brothers’ salary.” Comment

Dr. Jim said that to Frank in Keller’s backyard, when Frank told Dr. Jim that he had
seen a film about a doctor who worked in his basement discovering things. He told
Dr. Jim that he ought to do that. Dr. Jim replied that he was ready to serve humanity
but he should be given a salary as big as that of Warner Brothers given to actors.
Here he is mocking Frank showing that his need for money is more important than
his desire to help humanity. This may prove Dr. Jim to be more materialistic yet he
would prove to be the opposite later.

43-“Well, that’s what a war does…” Comment page 9

Joe Keller said that to Lydia while they were talking about the fact that Ann hasn’t
got married yet though Lydia is married and had three kids. Keller replies that this
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was what the war did to them, as he had lost one son in the war, Larry who was
reported missing, who was supposed to marry Ann.

44-How did Chris threaten Keller? Why?

Chris threatened his father that if he didn’t agree upon his marriage to Ann, he
would leave home, marry Ann and live somewhere else. He asked his father to help
him convince his mother to bless the marriage.

45-What game does Keller play with the children of the neighbourhood?

Bert, a young boy comes to Mr. Keller. He is a neighbour whom Mr. Keller jokingly
appointed as a policeman to keep his eyes open on the neighbourhood. He comes
with some news for Keller. He takes the matter seriously and thinks himself a secret
policeman.
46-“No more roses. It’s so funny…” Comment page 17
Mother said this to Chris and Keller in the backyard of the house. She believes that
every thing related to Larry has happened at the same time; just to show that he is
coming This month is Larry’s birthday, his tree is blown down, Ann comes, she
stumbles over his baseball glove which she hasn’t seen for years. Although she feels
sad about the snapping of the tree, she never gives up hope that Larry is still alive
and that he wil be back one day.

47-Give an account of Kate’s dream. What does it reflect?

Mother tells them about a dream she has seen. She dreamed of Larry flying his
plane, his face was so clear and real that she could touch him. He cried to her.
Mom……….. Mom and then she woke up at the noise of the wind blowing down
Larry’s tree. This dream reflects her occupied mind about Larry. It also reflects,
according to Kate, that Larry might be in danger, and the idea is reinforced by the
snapping of his tree, and being in danger shatters away the belief that he had been
dead, which has long been thought by Joe and Chris.

48-Explain how Keller faced the people after the trial? What was the result? What
does this show about Joe’s character?

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He advised Ann to face people as he did before and every thing would be alright,
because the Deevers gave people the chance to keep talking about her father’s
crime by leaving to New York. On the day of the trial, all the people thought that Joe
Keller was a criminal, the beast who caused 21 P40s to crash in Australia. He was
guilty as hell according to them that day, but he faced them all courageously with
the court paper which announced his innocence. He kept settling in the town and
faced them all. The result was that they stopped talking and Keller had a bigger
factory than before, and he became a respected man again, bigger than ever.

49-“I‘ve been a good son too long, a good sucker. I am through with it.”

Chris said these words to Joe when they were discussing his marriage. Chris told Joe
that he should help him to tell Kate that Larry was dead and he would not return so
he could marry his girlfriend. When Joe told him it was impossible Chris told him
that he would marry Ann and leave his parents and live away as he had been a good
son too long. Joe promised to help him so that he won’t go away and leave his
father’s job which Joe has done everything to keep for his sons.

50-How did Joe defend Steve? What do those justifications reflect?

Joe asked Chris not to make a murderer out of Steve, but he should take it human.
He said that Steve was a fool but not a murderer. He had a weak character. He was
scared of loud voices. The major was whipping him over the telephone asking for
cylinder heads, and all of a sudden half day’s production of cylinder heads was
cracked; a fine hair-line crack. Steve was afraid of both Joe and the Major. Moreover;
he was sure a hundred percent that the planes would hold up. He meant no harm.
He didn’t know that he would cause that disaster.
Keller’s justifications of Steve’s innocence shows how worried he is about the reality
of the crime. It’s in a sense shows clear self-defense of Joe Keller himself, least when
the reality of the crime is uncovered, Chris wouldn’t take his father as a murderer,
but would rather take it as a human weakness or flaw.

51- “She knows what I know…..”

Kate said these words to Keller in the backyard of the Keller’s garden when Keller
supposed that Ann might not be waiting for Larry. Keller was trying to help Chris
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marry Ann, the idea which would never be accepted by Kate. Kate says that Ann
knows that Larry is coming back and she’s waiting for him like herself, then Kate said
that Ann was a faithful girl and she was like a rock that never changes. That shows
how Kate is unrealistic.

52 “There’s no jail here. I want you to stop this jail business… .”

Kate said these words to Joe Keller in the backyard of the Keller’s garden when Joe
was practising the jail game with Bert. Kate was furious to find Joe playing such a
suspicious game with kids. She hated to hear the word “jail” which Joe Keller was
involved in. Her sudden anger about that game reflects her worry about jail, the
matter which lets us be suspicious about Joe and Kate; moreover, it reflects their
feeling of guilt and fear to be uncovered. That’s why she asked Joe to stop the whole
jail game and told Bert that there was no jail in their house.

53 “I didn’t want to take any of it. And I guess it included you.”

Chris said that to Ann in the backyard of the Keller’s garden when he was telling his
experience in war and expressing his feelings towards his father’s money. Chris
thinks that his father’s money is “loot” ; it has blood on it because it was gained
during the war. Chris felt ashamed of his father’s money and didn’t want to take any
of it. This highlights Chris’s idealistic Character, as he really differentiates between
people who sacrifice in war and those who are only doing business, even if it was his
father. He feels the same way about him and his money.
Joe was trying to correct Chris’s idea about Steve least in the future he might be
discovered to be the real criminal, so Chris would take him as a fool, not a murderer.
It’s considered a sort of self-defence.

54- “Alright Joe,… just be smart.”

Kate said these words to Joe Keller as closing lines to act one. Kate was drawing
Joe’s attention to the danger that might take place because of George’s return. Joe
was evading her warning against George, though she mentioned some strong
reasons why they should fear him. George had kept believing that Joe was guilty all
through the trial, and now he’s a lawyer and can handle matters more efficiently,
moreover; all of a sudden he visits his father in jail after three years and takes an
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airplane to go to Columbus, then decides directly to go back to the Kellers. They
suspected that he should have discovered something important about the case, Kate
was afraid that George might open the old case again. She told Joe to act smartly
with George, the matter which reflects their certain feeling of guilt.

55-“The whole neighborhood is depending on you. A policeman doesn’t ask

questions.” Comment.

Joe said these words to Bert (a boy who thought that Joe was a policeman). Joe
asked Bert to investigate the neighbourhood and tell him all the news so he would
be a good investigator. Joe did that because he enjoyed knowing other people’s
news. At the end of their conversation Joe told Bert to go and get him all the news
and not to ask any question as a policeman doesn’t ask any questions.

56-“To you it is, and to me. But not to her. You can talk yourself blue in the face, but
there is no body and there is no grave, so where are you? “

Joe said these words to Chris when they were talking about Chris’ marriage to Ann.
Chris told Joe that they were mistaken when they left Kate to believe that Larry was
dead and that they should have told her the truth. Joe told Chris that they could not
face Kate. To Joe and Chris Larry has died but to Kate he was not dead because
there was no evidence that he has died; there was no body and no grave, so she
could not believe that Larry was dead.

57-What is the dramatic effect of closing lines of Act 1?

Act one closes with Keller and Kate brainstormed. Kate is very suspicious as to why
George is hurrying to his father in Columbus. She draws Keller’s attention to the
decisive danger that might take place, but Keller evades her questions and shows
ignorance. It’s clear to us now that Kate knows something different about the case. It
has long been a secret, but once George is crabbing for it, they should take certain
precautions. Keller’s defence of Steve and Kate’s fears of George’s coming give us a
strong belief that Keller has a secret, which will prove him guilty if revealed.
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 Act 1
1- " Larry was born in August, he'd been twenty-seven this month " Comment

2- " That What I'm working on to find out. It takes time " Comment

3- " What she wants to find out if he was killed on November 25th "

• These words were said by Frank to Keller. Frank told Keller that he was working on Larry's
horoscope. Frank helped Kate in her belief that Larry wasn't dead, as he was reported missing on
November the 25th and he thought that it was his favourable day according to his stars.

4- " I'm surprised you remember his birthday'' Comment

• The same answer " exchange the characters ".

5- what does Frank mean by " favourable day" ?

• A favourable day for a person is a fortunate day, according to the stars. In other words it would
be impossible for him to have died on his favourable day.

6- " The trouble with you that you believe in anything "

• These words were said by Jim to Frank when Frank said that he was working in Larry's

horoscope trying to find out that he wasn't dead because he was reported missing in his
favourable day, Jim didn't believe that and said that Frank believed anything

7-" The trouble with you that you don't believe in anything " Comment

• The same answer " exchange the characters ".

8-"Over my dead body he will be a doctor" Comment

• These words were said by Jim to Frank and Keller. He said that his son won’t be a doctor
because a doctor didn't earn much money.

9- " I'd love to help humanity on a Warner Brothers salary " Comment

• These words were said by Jim to Frank when Frank asked him to give up working as a doctor
to help humanity. Jim answered that he'd love to work as researcher and help the humanity but
in case of having much money as a salary.

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10- " Don't sniff around me and give her a nasty answer, I can smell her perfume …

11- She enjoys more when you tell her to lie down "

• These words were said by Sue to Jim when Mrs Adam was calling him, she was very angry
and asked him to give her a nasty answer, it seemed that she was jealous.

12- "That's what a war does, I had two sons, now I got one, it changed all the tallies'

• These words were said by Keller to Lydia when she said that she had three children but Annie
was not even married because of her love to Larry. Keller said that war does like that he, for
example, lost one of his sons in the war.

13-It's so strange Ann is here and not even married, and I've go three babies"

• The same answer " exchange the characters.

14- " I should have been a man, people introduced me to beautiful women "

• These words were said by Sue to Keller when he told her to wait for Ann who was about to
come, she said that she'd have been a man as people introduced her to girls, then she said to her
husband, Jim, to ask Ann to come to her house to see what they have done with it.

15- Except some kids, they started kicking a can down the l block, I made them go away
because you are sleeping "

16 – “I betcha there's not even a jail, I don't see any bars on the cellar windows "Why
don't you arrest anybody "

• These words were said by Bert to Keller. Bert used to come and play the "jail" with Keller.
Bert thought that Keller didn't have even a jail as he usually told him

17- being dishonest with her. That kind of things always pays off, and now it's paying off"

18-" Why shouldn't she dream of him. walk the nights waiting for him "

19- " For God's sake, three years, nobody comes back after three years. it's insane.

20- " you know Larry's not coming back and I know it. why do we allow her to go on

thinking that we believe with her "

21- " I don't want to argue with her, but it's time she realized that no body believed Larry
is alive anymore "

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• These words were said by Chris to Joe Keller when they were talking about Kate who was still
mourning Larry (her lost son). She believed that he was still alive, she spent the night waiting
for him.

• Chris opinion was to face her mother and to tell her that they all believed that he wouldn't back
again but his father was frightened of telling her that.

22- To you it is, and to me. But not to her. You can talk yourself blue in the face, but
there's no body an no grave, so where are you " Comment

• These words were said by Joe Keller to Chris when they were talking about Kate who was still
mourning Larry (her lost son). She believed that he was still alive.

• Chris wanted to tell his mother that Larry was surely dead. His father said that to him and to
Chris, Larry was dead but how to prove that to Kate where was his body or his grave.

23- The trouble is the goddam newspaper. Every month some body turns up from
nowhere. so the next one is going to be Larry "

• These words were said by Joe Keller to Chris when they were talking about Kate who was still
mourning Larry (her lost son). She believed that he was still alive. He told him that there were
some boy turned up every day in the newspaper so his mother still believed that he might come
one day.

24- What do you want me to do ? you're old enough to know your own mind "

• These words were said by Keller to Chris when Chris told him that he invited Annie because
he wanted to marry her. His father replied that it was Chris own business.

25- Sometimes you infuriate me. If I tell this to mother and she throws a fit about it? You
have such a talent for ignoring things "

• These words were said by Chris to Joe Keller when Chris told him that he invited Annie to
their home because he wanted to marry her. His father replied that it was Chris own business.
Chris became angry and said that his father always ignored things.

26- From mother point of view he isn't dead and you have no right to take this girl, now
you can go on from there if you know where to go, but I' don't know "

• These words were said by Joe Keller to Chris when Chris told him that he invited Annie to
their home because he wanted to marry her. His father said that his mother would refuse because

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Annie was Larry's girl as she believed that he wasn't dead. If Chris married Annie it meant that
Larry was dead.

27- Every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people
will suffer. My whole bloody life, time after time after time "

• These words were said by Chris to Joe Keller when Chris told him that he invited Annie to
their home because he wanted to marry her. His father said that his mother would refuse because
Annie was Larry's girl. and she believed that he wasn't dead. • Chris that all his life he had to
sacrifice or to leave what he wanted for other people

28- You are a considerate fella, there's nothing wrong in that "

• The same answer " Exchange the characters"

29- "That's a good answer but, it doesn't answer anything "

30- " You haven't seen her since you were to war, it's five years "

• These words were said by Joe Keller to Chris when Chris told him that he would marry Annie.
His father asked him why it had to be Annie. Chris said that " because it is " his father said it
was a good answer but Chris hasn't seen her for five years, Chris replied that he knew her best as
they were brought up together and that when he thought of a wife it was Annie.

31- I don't want a diagram.. You marry the girl and you are pronouncing him dead "

• These words were said by Joe Keller to Chris when Chris told him that he would marry Annie.
His father asked him what would happen to his mother then. • He said If Chris married Annie it
meant that he was pronouncing Larry dead.

32- I've given it three years of thought, I'd hoped that if I waited, mother would forget
Larry then we'd have a regular wedding and everything happy "

• These words were said by Chris to Keller when Chris told him that he would marry Annie. His
father asked him what would happen to his mother then. he asked Chris to give Kate more time
to forget Larry. Chris replied that he'd given her three years of thought, and he threatened if he
wouldn't marry Annie he would leave to New York.

33- I have been a good son too long, a good sucker. I'm through with it "

34-" I want a family, I want some kids, I want to build something I can give myself to.
Annie is in the middle of that.

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• These words were said by Chris to Keller when Chris told him that if he didn't marry Annie he
would leave to New York. His father asked him about his business, he replied that the business
didn't inspire him, he wanted a family and kids

35- All right, but don't think like that, because the hell did I work for ? That's only for
you, Chris the whole shooting match is for you "

• These words were said by Keller to Chris when Chris told him that he would travel to New
York and marry Annie if his mother refused their marriage. Chris asked his father help him to
stay. his father replied that all what he had done in his life is for Chris.

36- once upon a time I used to think when I got money again I would have a maid and my
wife would take it easy, now I got money and a maid and my wife is working for the maid"

• These words were said by Keller to Kate, Kate was angry because Keller had thrown her
potato bag thinking that it was garbage, He told her to take it easy as they had a maid. She
replied that it was the maid day off.

37-No more roses, it's so funny.. everything decides to happen at the same time, This
month is his birthday, his tree blows down, Annie comes, every ting that happened seems
to be coming back, I was just down the cellar, what do I stumble over "

• These words were said by Kate to Chris and Keller. Kate said that that everything was coming
back as Larry's tree had broken down and Annie came, so Larry would come one day. she still
believed that Larry was alive.

38 - Never mind, most of them didn't wait until the telegrams were opened, I am just glad
she came so you can see I am not completely out of my mind "

• These words were said by Kate to Chris, when he asked her about Annie she said that she
didn't know why she came to their home but she was glad to see her and as she was a good girl
because she waited for many years without marriage unlike other girls. Chris replied that he
thought she wasn't still mourning Larry.

39 - It was too soon to plant a tree for him, we rushed into it, everybody was in such a
hurry to burry him "

• These words were said by Kate to Chris and Joe Keller, when Larry's tree broke down she said
that everything was coming back as she thought that Larry was still alive. She said that they
hurried to plant a tree for him.

40 – What was Kate's dream about Larry ?

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• Kate dreamed that she saw Larry flying low past the house, she saw him in his cockpit and
touched him but suddenly he started to fall and crying Mom, Mom, she couldn't stop him. When
she woke up she heard the wind was roaring like his engine then the wind broke the tree.

41 - The wind blows it down, what significance has that got ? What are you taking about ?
Please don't go through it all again, it's no good, it doesn't accomplish anything, …put
your mind to forgetting him.

• These words were said by Chris to his mother. when Larry's tree broke down she said that
everything was coming back. Chris told her to forget Larry and not to think about him again
because it's no use. his mother told him that it was the third time he said that week.

42- we never took up our lives again, we are like at a railroad station waiting for a train
never comes in.

• These words were said by Chris to Kate. Chris told her to forget Larry and not to think about
him again because it's no use because no one could take up his life again. but she still believed
that he was alive.

43- She's not his girl, New York is full of men, why isn't he married? Probably a hundred
people told her she is foolish, but she's waited.

44 - She's as faithful as rock, in my worst moments, I think of her waiting …

• These words were said by Kate to Keller. she told him that Annie wouldn't marry Chris and
that she wasn't his girl. She said that Ann was still mourning Larry as she didn't marry till now
and waited for three years. If she wanted, New York is full of men, but she didn't as she was a
faithful girl to Larry.

45 No body in this house dast take her faith a way, Strangers might but not his father or
brother.

46 -I want you to act like he is coming back. both of you, Don't think I haven't noticed you
since Chris invited her, But why did that happen the very night she came, she goes to sleep
in his room, his memorial breaks in pieces”

• These words were said by Kate to Keller. Kate still believed that Larry was alive and would
come back one day. She asked Keller to act as if Larry would come back, like Annie who was
faithful and didn't marry. she said that she noticed that he and his son (Chris) believed that Larry
was dead and she noticed why he invited Ann.

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47 – " Because if he's not coming back then I'll kill myself ! laugh laugh at me, why did
that happen the very night she came back! laugh …..she goes to sleep in his room and his
memorial breaks in pieces "

• These words were said by Kate to Keller. Kate still believed that Larry was alive and would
come back one day. she said that she noticed that he and his son (Chris) believed that Larry was
dead and she noticed why he invited Ann. She knew that they were afraid to face her. She asked
her husband to believe with her.

48 – Believe with me, I can't stand all alone "

• These words were said by Kate to Keller. Kate still believed that Larry was alive and would
come back one day. she said that she noticed that he and his son (Chris) believed that Larry was
dead. She knew that they were afraid to face her. She asked her husband to believe with her and
not to let her stand alone.

49 – I didn't say you had anything to hide, I'm just telling you to stop it !

• These words were said by Kate to Keller. Keller was playing the " jail " with Bert, She became
angry and asked him to stop it.

50- Don't say it's ridiculous because the papers were full of it, there was a half a page
about a man missing longer than Larry and he turned up from Burma.

• These words were said by Kate to Annie and Chris. Kate still believed that Larry was alive and
would come back one day. Annie told Kate that it was ridiculous to think that he was still alive.
Kate replied that the papers were full of missing men who turned up after a long time.

51- I Bet you money that you're the only women in the country who after three years.

• These words were said by Chris to Kate. Kate still believed that Larry was alive and would
come back one day. Kate replied that the papers were full of missing men who turned up after a
long time. Chris bet her if there were any women waited for three years. she answered that she
was sure there were many mothers waiting at night for their sons.

52- They don't say in the radio but I am sure that in the dark at night they're still waiting
for their sons.

• The same answer but exchange the characters.

53- " Deep, deep in your heart, you're still waiting for him "Comment

54- " Don't let them tell you what to think, listen to your heart. Only your heart "

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• These words were said by Kate to Ann, Kate asked Ann if she was still waiting for Larry,
Annie replied "No", she wasn't waiting for him. Kate asked her to listen to her heart and not to
let Chris or Keller to affect her. She repeated the same answer " No"

55- Because certain things have to be, and certain things can never be, like the sun has to
rise, it has to be. That's why there's God. " Comment

56- " I would know – just like I knew the day he went into that terrible battle. Did he write
me ? Was it in the papers ? No, but that morning I couldn't raise my head off the pillow.
Suddenly I knew and he was nearly killed that day " Comment

• These words were said by Kate to (Ann, Keller and Chris) when Ann asked her why she was
waiting for Larry. Mother replied that because things have to be, one of these things she
believed that Larry was alive.

• She mentioned what happened to her someday when Chris was in a terrible battle, she woke up
she felt that something had happened without reading anything about it in the papers or being
told by anyone but she felt that. Now, She felt that Larry would come

57- " If an intelligent man like your father is put in prison, there ought to be a law that
says either to execute him or let him go after a year "

• These words were said by Frank to Annie, He asked her about her father and when he was
going to be released. Annie answered that she didn't know and she was angry about such
questions.

58- "The only one still talks about it is my wife"

• These words were said by Keller to Annie when she asked him if anyone still remember his
case he answered that the only one was his wife. Kate replied that it was because he usually
played the jail with the kids.

59- "The last thing I remembered on this block was one word " murderers "

• These words were said by Annie to (Keller, Kate and Chris) She told them that the last thing
she remembered in their block was Mrs Hammond saying "murderers". Joe Keller replied that
all of those people who said that now they are playing poker with him every Saturday and taking
his money.

58- Everybody knew I was getting out that day ; none of them believed I was innocent"

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- The beast I was, the beast; the guy who sold cracked cylinder heads to the army Air force, the
guy who made 21 p40-s crash in Australia "

- I was guilty as hell, except o wasn't, and there was a court paper in my pocket to prove I
wasn't,

- Fourteen months later I had past, the porches. Result? Fourteen months later I had one of the
best shops in the state, a respected man again, bigger than ever"

• These words were said by Keller to Ann. when she asked him what the neighbours thought of
him. He told her that he didn't care about that. He said when he was released, although no one
believed that he was innocent, but now he had paper from the court saying that he was innocent,
so he became bigger than before having one of the largest shops in the state.

58- "It's wrong to pity a man like that, father or no father "

• These words were said by Annie to (Keller, Chris and Kate) She said that she didn't pity her
father at all since she knew about Larry's death because he knowingly shipped out parts that
crashed 21 airplanes, may Larry one of them.

58- " He dragged you through the mud " Who said ? to whom ? He refers to …… How did
he dragged him in mud?

• Annie to Keller

• Steve Deever. He dragged him in mud by shipping out parts that crashed 21 airplanes in
Australia. killing all their 21 pilots.

60- How did Keller prove to Ann that his father wasn't the cause of Larry's death "

• He told her that the damaged parts went into P-40s only and Larry never flew a P-40.

61 – " The man was a fool but don't make murderer out of him "

62 - " I mean just try to see it human >>>all right it bad, it's wrong but that what a

little man does "

62- Every half hour the major calling for the cylinder heads, they were whipping us

with the telephone,

63- If I could have gone in that day, I'd-a told him- hunk them, we can afford it "

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63- " He 's a little man, always scared of loud voices "

• These words were said by Keller to Annie (in the presence of Chris and Kate) he told her that
her father although being fool but he wasn't a murderer. He told her to see it human. He said that
" Steve was alone in the shop, the major was calling for the cylinder heads for many times, he
didn't know what to do, when the batch came out with a crack. Steve used his tools to cover up
the cracks. Keller said that if he were with him he wouldn't send them to the army and that he'd
junk them.

64- I'll never forgive you, why did you wait all these years? All I've done is sit and wonder
if I was crazy for thinking of you"

• These words were said by Ann to Chris when he told her that he loved her and asking her for
marriage. She asked him why he waited for these years as she also loved him. His letters were
ambiguous, she didn't know if he loved her or not.

65- I felt _ what you said _ ashamed somehow, I felt wrong to be alive, to open the bank-
book, to"

• These words were said by Chris to Ann, he told her that he didn't like working with his father
making money out of war. He felt that there is blood on it. Ann replied that there's nothing
wrong with the money and that he should be proud of that

66- I'm just wondering. All these years George don't go to see his father, suddenly he goes and
she comes here" Comment

67- I mean if they want to open the case again for the nuisance value to hurt us ?

• These words were said by Keller to Chris when Ann's brother "George" phoned her form
Columbus, he was visiting his father there. Keller was surprised why at the same time Annie
came and her brother went to visit his father.

• He was afraid that her father might sent her for information as he thought that Keller was
guilty and blamed it all on Keller. • Chris replied that it couldn't be true.

68- I want a clean start for you, I want a new sign over the plant, I want you to use what I
made for you "

• These words were said by Keller to Chris saying that he would build a house for him. And he
would made a new sign over the plant for him. He asked Larry not to be ashamed of his money
because nothing wrong with that money.

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69- Keller promise to help Chris to marry Ann " explain

• He told him that he would work on Kate for Chris marriage by getting his mother so drunk
then they would got married. and then there'd be a wedding like there never was seen Besides he
would build a house for him. And he would made a new sign over the plant for him.

70- What did George tell Ann on the phone ?

• He was very excited but he didn't tell her anything, He said that he would come to Keller's
house

71- He's a lawyer now, all these years he never even sent a postcard to Steve, suddenly he
takes a plane from New York to see him '

• These words were said by Kate to Keller when George phoned Ann from Columbus, She
thought that his father had something important to tell him. Keller replied that he didn't care
about that.

72- " he's worried, when he's worried he sleeps " who said ? to Whom ? "He" refers to
………., why he was worried ?

• Kate to Chris, she was talking about Joe Keller. • He was worried because he was afraid that
George came to open the case again because his father "Steve" to his last day in court he
believed that Keller made him do it.

73-' That Family hates us " " you don't realize how people can hate, They can hate so
much, they'll tear the world to pieces '

• These words were said by Kate to Chris, she thought that George was coming to open

the case again. She told Chris that Steve family hated them, maybe even Ann. And they were
going to destroy them by their hatred

74-"What's the difference, certain people, the sicker they get the longer they live "

• These words were said by Kate to Chris, she thought that George was coming to open the case
again. She told Chris that Steve family hated them, maybe even Ann.

75- Men are like little boys; for the neighbours they will always cut the grass "

• These words were said by Sue to Ann. Sue was looking for her husband, Ann told him that he
went to pick up George from the station. Sue was angry and said that he only works for the
neighbours.

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76- it's very romantic ….it's very unusual to me, marring the brother of your sweetheart "

• These words were said by Sue to Ann, she thought it's strange for a girl to marry the brother of
her sweetheart, Ann answered that when she needed somebody to tell her the truth, she always
thought of Chris.

77- As soon as a woman supports a man he owes her something, you can never owe some
body without resenting them."

78- But it's bad when a man always sees the bars in front of him, Jim thinks he's in jail all
the time

• These words were said by Sue to Ann, when Ann told her that she didn't care about money.
Sue said it made a difference for her, as her husband wasn't rich and they lived on her salary and
that was bad, so such woman can resent her husband and that he felt he was in jail.

Answer the following questions

ACT ONE:
1. What might we expect the play to be about on seeing the first scene?

2. What might the apple tree symbolize? (full grown tree, full of fruit, destroyed by
chance)
2. What other event happened in the night? How could the events be related?
3. Why is Frank working on a horoscope?
4. What does Jim think of Frank? What does Frank think of Jim?
5. Who is Larry?
6. What do we know about the Keller family history? How does Annie fit in?
7. Why is Joe Keller concerned about Chris’s plan to marry Annie?

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 8. How does Chris convince Joe to help him?
9. What does the garbage/potatoes incident tell us about Joe?
10. What does Mother mean, "Most of them didn’t wait till the telegrams were
opened"?
11. When does Mother feel the pain in her head?
12. What does Mother think is the reason that Annie is still unmarried?
13. Compare and contrast Mother’s story that Larry is alive with Joe’s jail/police story
that he shares with Bert.
14. Why might Mother be upset by the jail story?
15. Does Annie think Larry is still alive? How do you know?
16. What do we learn about Annie’s father? How does Annie feel about the issue of
her father?
17. How did Joe overcome the neighbours’ feeling that he was guilty?
18. What did Annie’s father do that got him accused of murder?
19. Why does Joe believe he took that action?
20. How does Chris relate Annie’s father’s guilt to his brother Larry?
21. Why do you think Annie’s father cried when he heard about Larry going missing?
22. How have Chris and Anne been feeling about each other?
23. How was Chris’ company different from others?
24. Why did Chris hold off on calling Annie?
25. How does the playwright give us the idea that Joe might be guilty of something?
(p.224)

ACT II:
1. How is it significant that Chris is the one who clears away the apple tree?
2. How does Kate try to prepare Chris for an upset when George arrives?
3. Why did Ann choose Chris to marry?
4. How does Sue’s description of her relationship with Jim parallel the Kellers’ relationship?
5. What favour does Sue ask of Ann? Why?
6. Why does Sue have a problem with money made at Keller’s shop?
7. What does "everyone on the block" know about Joe?
8. How is Sue bothered by Chris?
9. Why does Anne feel betrayed by Chris? Why didn’t Chris tell her everything? Did he get the
result he was looking for?
10. Why does Joe say he wants to give Steve a job?
11. How does Miller build suspense around George’s arrival?
12. Jim says, "You know why he’s here" — What does Jim mean?

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13. List comments Jim makes that could be taken as references to Joe’s guilt.
14. Does George have cause to be angry with Chris?
15. What "new information" does George have about the defective parts having been shipped?
16. Why does Joe’s sickness seem suspicious? How is being sick in his favour?
17. What is George’s point about the kind of man Joe is? List his proofs.’
18. List examples of characters trying to convince each other to accept their point of view.
19. What signs are there that George is getting caught back in the "Keller web"? How does
Kate ruin the "spell"?
20. Why does Kate say she is "keeping Larry alive"?
21. How does Chris realize that his father is guilty?
22. How does Joe justify repairing and then shipping the cracked heads?
23. Why does Joe say he did it?
24. Of what is Joe guilty? For what does Chris criticize his father?

ACT III:
1. Why does Jim think the news of Joe’s guilt was a "big shock" to Chris?
2. What does Jim mean by "these private little revolutions"?
3. Describe Jim’s "private revolution".
4. How does Joe Keller’s life relate to Jim Bayliss’s?
5. What is the universal truth about life, according to Jim?
6. What is the basic difference between Joe and Chris?
7. Document a prominent example of foreshadowing.
8. What does Annie want out of life?
9. How does Arthur Miller create suspense around the letter?
10. Was Jim correct about Chris’s "revolution"?
11. What has Chris realized/accepted about the world?
12. Why does Kate want to stop Chris and Joe from seeing the letter?
13. Why does Chris have a tough time being with Annie?
14. What was Larry’s reason for killing himself? Was he more like Chris or more like Joe?
15. Explain the title of the play.
16. What evidence is there of a significant change in Kate?

BIG POINTS:
"Behind every great man stands a woman" — Would Arthur Miller agree?
In ALL MY SONS, Arthur Miller gives positive and negative examples to suggest that people
should behave ... How?

Best Luck

Mr. Ahmed Al Fiqi

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