They Are All My Sons
by H
About This Novel
"All My Sons" is Arthur Miller's famous work. It was an instant success after being staged in 1947 and ran for 328 performances. The script tells the story of factory owner Joe Keller who sold cracked cylinder heads to the Army Air Forces during World War II, causing twenty-one plane crashes. At that time, Joe's son Larry was fighting in the war. After hearing the news from the newspaper, he felt ashamed to see others, so he deliberately crashed his plane and committed suicide during the mission. Before he died, he wrote a letter to his girlfriend Ann. When Joe was under investigation, he blamed his partner Steve Deaver. Deaver was imprisoned because of this, and even his daughter Ann and son George were convinced of this, and they ignored their father in prison from then on. Three years later, Larry's brother Chris planned to marry Ann. However, Joe's wife Kate insists that Larry is still alive, and she is counting on Ann to wait as long as she does for Larry to return. At this time, George brought shocking news. He learned from his father that Joe was the culprit. Therefore, he firmly opposed the marriage between Ann and Chris. Chris heard the truth from the conversation between Joe and Kate, and angrily accused Joe of killing his brothers. Joe thought he did it for his family. Ann was forced to tell the truth about Larry's death. Keller finally realized that he had made a big mistake by sacrificing his big family for his small family, killing twenty-one pilots. Finally, he finally said "They are all my sons" and shot himself.
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