All My Sons

To be quite honest this book/play wasn't my favorite piece of literature although it did bring up some very important themes. Most of the themes are shown through the characters individually. For example the theme to always put your family first is shown through Joe Keller, and how he allowed plenty of flawed warheads get attached to planes which resulted in 21 men dieing, just so he could provide for his family. The theme of to get what you want is shown in Chris Keller in multiple ways. First of all his unrealistic idealism that says that you can always be better, and that you are obligated to achieve all that you can. Secondly through his need to marry Ann. He wants to marry her so badly that he is willing to throw away his entire relationship with his family, and he is willing to give away the family business. Most of the characters were also very bland to me. Kate, Lydia, Sue, Frank, and Jim are very boring and don't add anything to the play in my opinion. There is no need for them to be there in my mind, and they all show no real strong emotions ,except for Kate, during the entire play. Additionally, I don't like George because he has two different personalities. He comes into the play screaming and fighting and acting like a lunatic while talking with Chris and Ann, and when Joe Keller comes out he turns into a scared and confused man. That made little sense to me. Quite simply the whole play was unrealistic, because there is no way that all of these events could happen in one day, and I am not exactly rooting for it to win any awards.