All My Sons Character Analysis

Determination is defined by a firmness and resoluteness in purpose. This definition of determination has a deep presence in the memoir Rocket Boys, the story of a group of boys led by Homer Hickam Jr. and their adventures in science and exploring the world of rocketry to become the rays of hope in a dying coal town in West Virginia. Determination in Rocket Boys is presented through strong motivation, persevering through failures and setbacks, as well as characters stepping out of their comfort zones to rise up to the challenges they face.

The play is a guide toward contemporary themes foreseen of the twentieth century, which are veiled with greed, power, and betrayal. Miller’s influence with the play spread wide across the country. The play is grouped in family dramas; however, it tells the story of a man desperate to challenge his failures in a society that values fortune and fame; his delusions of reality direct him down a tragic path, which eventually leads to the protagonist, Willy Loman to suicide.

I believe Joe represents the battling Aboriginal of not only the Depression but early colonialist Australia. He is a man whom throughout the play fights for his rights, the basic necessities of life for his people as well as his cultural heritage.

In the book, All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, Quinn struggles with conflicting loyalties to both his convictions about the incident and his relationships to the people he loves. While he wants to maintain his relationships he can’t ignore the facts of the incident. His friends and family can’t understand why he is so adamant about standing up for Rashad. While some of his relationships are ultimately damaged by his actions, others survive and heal. He eventually learns that being a loyal friend does not necessarily mean always being in agreement and, in this novel, Quinn demonstrates loyalty to both his friends and his conviction even when the two are in conflict.

The Fault in Our Stars depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. The book chronicles her relationship with Augustus Waters, who has also been diagnosed with cancer. Throughout the novel, Hazel constantly struggles with her identity in relation to her disease. She is conflicted whether to accept the prescribed image society has of her or to embrace her true inner self. Through a period of self-realization, she eventually comes to terms with and redefines her identity. Although society may define an individual’s self-image, The Fault in Our Stars demonstrates that identity is defined by the inner self, rather than external forces; in turn, that self-perception deeply impacts one’s perspective on life.

The novel All Good Children by Catherine Austen and article “Blind and Bullied” by Sydney Loney reveals that fighting against discrimination in society is well worth it and is the only way to make a change. The characters, symbols, and conflict demonstrate how the only way to be free is to fight against discrimination.

Miller, throughout his play, shows each character as an individual, and to highlight their strengths

The Author can describe characters in many ways and they usual do that. In the novel/play Arthur Miller all my sons the character Chris looks up to his dad and looks at him for leadership and he respects his dad and loves him.The way Joe keller's family views him is he is a trustworthy man and would sacrifice himself for his family. He has always worked hard in life so his family could have a good life and he always puts his family first. In Arthur Miller's play All My Sons Characters are developed through the use of archetypes such as Joe Keller as the martyr.

During the 1950s, the American family structure was strongly patriarchal in which the man of the house went to work to provide for his family, his wife stayed at home to take care of the house and kids, and the kids were expected to go to school and be very well disciplined and respectable. Even in the coal towns of Central Appalachia this family orientation was prevalent, as such the children of the miners were set too standards that would carry this structure on for many decades. When a child finds that they do not meet the expectations that are levied upon him/her by their parents and the rest of the community their life is made difficult as they struggle to find who they truly are and still try to live up to what others expect. This is exactly the case that Homer “Sonny” Hickam Jr. finds himself in. Through his memoir, Rocket Boys, Homer Hickam retells the story of his youth as a boy struggling through life trying to become who he wants to be while his father tries to push him to be who he is expected to be.

Life is full of many hard decisions that people have to take, often on the spur of the moment. Some we get right others turn horribly wrong. Joe Keller, the tragic hero of Arthur Miller's play All My Sons, was no different. His whole life was dedicated to his family and their well being but all his plans were undone by one fatally flawed decision.

As Chris reads the letter from his brother, Larry, in the falling action in Act 3, it becomes apparent that Joe Keller’s actions have significantly affected his family. Larry cannot “bear to live any more” and cannot seem to “face anybody” because of the choices his father has made. This invokes a heartbroken mood for the ending of the play because the audience can feel how drastically Keller’s choices have impacted his son, as he commits suicide. Unlike Williams’s use of motifs, Miller’s change in mood causes the audience to realize that there is a connection between the individual and society as they can feel the pain that Larry has experienced because of Keller.

First, Miller shows how Joe acts selfish through how he blames others. In the contents of the play, Joe tends to blame Steve, his previous business partner, for the majority of his problems. Throughout the play Steve is in jail because Joe blamed him for manufacturing, and distributing all of the defective plane parts that eventually lead to the death of twenty-one innocent pilots. Miller is insisting that, Joe was indeed responsible for the manufacture, and led Steve to take the repercussions of this action, when Joe states, “. . . the guy [Joe] who sold cracked cylinder heads to the Army Air Force; the guy who made twenty-one P-40’s crash in Australia.”. (Miller, 30) Joe then

Miller uses the character of Eddie to express his viewpoint that the tragedy of the ruined life of an ordinary workingman is just as significant a subject for tragedy as that of

Unemployment is another main theme in the play, Death of a Salesman, Biff tries to catch many jobs, but he fails. So he becomes anger and frustrated. He says "all I `ve done is to waste my life" (I.33). On the other hand, the human suffering is another dominant theme. Miller reflects the human suffering and anger of the twentieth century. In addition, he dramatizes the response of mankind to rapid technological advance (Murphy and Abbotson 55). This is explained in Willy`s speech " I don`t want a change! I want Swiss cheese" (I. 28).

“We’ve all seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success” (Hoon). This idea of “success” becomes prominent in America during World War II, also known as the “American dream,” the pursuit of capitalism, which Joe Keller, an average middle-class father and husband, wants to achieve. Keller is faced with a tough situation that, in the end, will determine his fate. Overcome with greed, his fight for money and prosperity causes Joe Keller to fall short of his morals and values. Joe chooses greed over the morally correct decision, and, as a result, he hurts not only twenty-one pilots, but his family, and himself. Keller’s son, Larry, commits suicide because of his father's actions. Joe Keller realizes that what he did was wrong, but it is too late: his fate is sealed. Guilty and ashamed, Joe Keller also commits suicide. Joe Keller self destructs in All My Sons by Arthur Miller.