All My Sons explores the consequences of war and dishonesty through the Keller family. Chris feels guilty for surviving the war when his brother Larry did not and for becoming engaged to Larry's former fiancee Ann. He confronts his father Joe about knowingly selling defective engine parts during the war that resulted in pilot deaths. Joe is in denial about his role while Chris struggles with the reality that his father's actions destroyed the family's illusion of prosperity. The play examines the post-war crisis as veterans return home physically but remain emotionally scarred by their experiences and guilt over surviving when others did not.

1. “All My Sons” -Act 3

2. • Prosperity/Capitalism/US
Boom/American Dream
• Father-son relation x2
• Family/ies relationship/s
• Death
• Dishonesty vs. Honesty
• Hope vs. Reality
• War
• Consequences of war
• Romanticism
• Forgiveness/Acceptance
• Negation/Denial
• Post war crisis
• Death
• Treason/Betrayal
• Prison
Themes

3. Chris
Guilty feelings. He came back, Larry didn’t.
Will marry Ann. Betray his brother.
Jim “already knew” He isn’t happy with his well-paid job.
Money capitalism
Joe shocked at Chris’ reaction
Dead inside
He can’t lie, not his nature
Guilty
His father is an imbecile
He came back from war
Fell for his brother’s fiancée
Trouble yell
“There is something bigger than family for him” Honesty
To everybody
MONEY

4. - War can change a person.
- “If Larry was alive...” Comparing both sons
- The engine did not fail
- “I am not human anymore”
-We all know he was bad but not from his father
Man vs. Father
Chris believes he needs to be perfect
Makes mistakes, human.
Man vs. Man

5. One of his sons commited suicide because he couldn’t handle the guilt.
Another is a living dead, because of guilt.
They feel the guilt that the father does not feel
- Larry considered his family, his sons
- Prison or kill yourself
Family illusions shattered
Reality destroyed the falsehood of the family
Everything was an illusion until Ann came
and brought reality