Joe Keller in All My Sons

Keller: Say, I do not have time to get sick. M: He has not been fired for fifteen years. Keller: In addition to the influenza during the war. M: Uh. Keller: I caught a cold when I got sick during the war. Mother: Well, of course ... (for George) I mean, except for influenza. (George is perfect.) Well, that makes me feel overwhelmed, do not look like me. Although he wants to go to the store, he can not lift himself from the bed. I thought he had pneumonia. George: How come you say he never did?

For example, Joe Keller of All My Sons did not consider the result. "Victory" is what he is concerned about. In this case, victory is money, Joe does not want to "defeat". Joe is the head of a company that manufactures aero engine parts. One day, the production line began breaking the cylinder head. Joe's agent, Joe Daver, asked Joe to ask him what to do at home. As Joe is more concerned about the loss of production, he told Steve to weld the crack. If something happened, he said he would take full responsibility. Several weeks later, 21 aircraft crashed and killed the pilot. In this investigation, it became clear that the crash was caused by the breakage of the cylinder. Joe was finally released when Steve was still in prison. At the end of the game, Joe had to accept his responsibility and his suicide was a necessary condition to restore the moral order.

Arthur Miller puts this quote into All My Sons' play, Joe Keller carries some broken cylinder heads during the war, and some are on board the plane. An airplane crashed and 21 people died. Joe Keller spent time in prison, but it was released as he was not in the store when his head was taken. Instead, he asks the partner Steve Daver to send a cylinder head and Joe was at home and kept the crime scene. But Steve gets even more severe punishment. He was charged with crime and sent to prison because he was the actual person who issued the warrant. This shows that Joe Keller's behavior has little effect on him. It affects all people and their families who have been killed. It also affected Steve Daver and his family. In the process of punishing others with his behavior, Joe influenced his son's rally. Larry could not believe what his father had done. Larry committed suicide in order to punish his father and show what he mistook.