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All My Sons: Miller's Chief Criticism Of American Society - Term Papers

All My Sons: Miller's Chief Criticism Of American Society

A shot was heard throughout the Keller home as Joe ended his guilty,
worthless life. Miller criticizes that American society has become corrupt- a
place of selfishness, where people care too much about themselves, and that
which benefits them, and will go to any lengths to achieve that goal; even if
the repercussions of their actions will bring harm to other people. He stresses
that money seems to be the key factor that drives society to this level of
corruption.

Miller emphasizes this point in several ways. The first example is that
Keller knowingly ships out cracked cylinder heads, that will crash an airplane
if used, to prevent his business from going bankrupt, claiming that he did ...

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will cause planes to crash, to save his business from being shut
down. Furthermore, he goes on to allow the blame to fall on Steve, in order to
save himself from going to jail, even though Steve was not the only one guilty.
Keller tries to rationalize his actions by saying that he committed this heinous
act for the benefit of his family- so that they will have money and everything
else they need and can live happily. "Chris... Chris I did it for you. It was a
chance and I took it for you." This portrays the human characteristic of
creating a false sense of innocence in spite of ones guilty actions- and
conscience.

Honesty only comes out of ones guilty conscience when it benefits them.
Sue would rather have Jim make money than do what he wants to do- medical
research. Apparently she values profit over allowing an individual to do what he
wants to do- what he enjoys doing. "Research pays twenty-five dollars a week
minus laundering the hair shirt. You've got to give up your life to go ...

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Added: 12/8/2006 09:41:18 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 634
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