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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

By: Richard Younge
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, ...

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flight they 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 ...

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Added: 2/24/2008 09:07:17 AM
Category: Arts
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 637
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