All My Sons
By: Arthur Miller
Journals:
1. Is it morally acceptable for a brother to marry his deceased brother's
fiancé? Explain.
I don't think that is acceptable at all. It is not acceptable because the same way if his brother was alive, he would not try to take his wife. I could understand if he helped the wife take care of the children once in a while, but not to remarry her.
2. Is it wise to keep the truth from the mother that her son is dead and let her
continue hoping? How would you handle the situation if you were a family member?
I would tell her the truth because the longer she doesn't know about it, when she does finds out it will hurt her more than ever. If I was the family member It would be hard on me, but I would get through it. When one of my uncles passed away, I had to tell my grandmother, but I told her right away because that way she could get all of her tears out.
Hw#3 Answer questions f, h, I, m, and n.
f. Describe your impression of Chris.
I think Chris is a honest guy. For anything Mr. Keller said he has a smart remark. You could tell they don’t get along.
h. What seems to be the conflicts between Chris and Mr. Keller?
They don't get along and I don't think they trust each other.
i. What kind of woman is Kate Keller? What kind of role does she play in the Keller's family?
Kate seems to hold the family intact and she is the mother.
l. Who is Ann? What kind of relationship is there between Ann and the Keller's family? Why is she here?
Ann is Chris's fiancée. She used to be their neibor and she is there because Chris invited her.
m. What seems to be the conflict between Chris and his mother Kate?
The conflict is that she doesn't want Chris to marry Ann.
n. Why does Kate insist that Larry is still alive, and Ann still in love with him? What does this say about Kate's personality?
Because she feels that he might still be alive some were. She thinks Ann is still in love with him because she is staying in his old room. This says that Kate is a believer and she has allot of faith.
HW#4 Answer 10 questions:
PART II (pages 382-391)
1. How does Ann feel toward her father? What are Chris’s opinions of him?
Ann doesn't really care for her father.
2. What could be the reasons for Mr. and Ms. Keller to defend Ann's father? How did Mr. Keller defend Ann's father?
Because they believe that he is innocent.
3. What is the purpose of Ann's visit?
She said that Chris had invited her.
4. What's the relationship between Ann and Chris?
They are working on being in a relationship.
5. Does Mr. Keller like Ann?
He doesn't mind having her around.
6. Does Kate like Ann? Explain.
I don't think she likes Ann because she doesn't want her to be with Chris.
7. Could you explain why Chris’s attitude toward his father and the wealth his father has made for him? Could his feelings be justified? How does this fact reveal the kind of young man he is?
Chris just feels that he wants to do things for himself. I don't think they could ever be justified. I think he is the type of person that wants to do everything for himself without anyone's help. He wants to be fully independent.
8. What news makes Mr. Keller so nervous? Why?
The news that Gorge was coming.
9. From the stage description on page 390, how would you describe the relationship between Mr. Keller and Chris?
I think that Chris is intimidated by his father.
10. Why is Kate very nervous about George's visit?
Because she didn't see him for a long time and she is curious about what he has to say.
Classwork#5
Browse five poems from the above list and select One poem (Copy the poem onto your web page about All My Sons.) to answer the following two questions:
The feelings that were revealed in the poem were the man wanted to help all the soldiers but he couldn’t because there were too many.
You could picture him talking to the soldiers before they died and him in the trenches just thinking of a way he could help them.
The Messages
"I cannot quite remember. . . . There were five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench -- and three
Whispered their last messages to me. . . ."
Back from the trenches, more dead than alive,
Stone-deaf and dazed, and with a broken knee,
He hobbled slowly, muttering vacantly:
"I cannot quite remember. . . . There were five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench, and three
Whispered their dying messages to me. . . . "
Their friends and waiting, wondering how they thrive --
Waiting a word in silence patiently. . . .
But what they said, or who their friends may be
"I cannot quite remember. . . . There where five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench -- and three
Whispered their dying messages to me. . . ."
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
HW#6 Read Act ll and rewrite the story from George's point of view describing what happened between Ann's father and Mr. Keller, and why Ann's father was jailed.
Journal Writing
If you find out that your parents or guardians commit a crime because they
had to protect you or the family, would you send them to jail? What would you do
especially after you realize that their crime has hurt innocent people?
No I wouldn't send them to jail because they were only trying to protect they family. After I found out that innocent people were hurt I would have to live with that fact. At least I know they did it to protect the family.
HW#7. Complete activities 1-9
1. Why does Mrs. Keller say
to Chris "Dad and I are stupid people. We don't know anything. You have got to
protect us? Does it sound like Kate? Explain.
2. What is troubling Kate? Why does she imply when she says" You don't realize
how people can hate. They can hate so much that they'll tear the world into
pieces..."?
3. What's Sue's attitude towards Ann? What is the conflict between the two
women? Why?
4. Is there any truth in people's accusation against Joe? Why wouldn't people
let it go?
5. (Journal) Comment on Mr. Keller's speech to
Ann:"...You get older, you want to feel that you...accomplished something. My
only accomplishment is my son. I ain't brainy. That's all I accomplished. Now, a
year, eight months, your father'll be a free man." What does this speech
foreshadow?
6. Why does Mr. Keller offer Ann's father a position after he comes out of jail?
7. Draw a portrait of Ann's brother, George based on the stage direction on page
402.
8. How does George act after he arrives at the Kellers' home? What kind of man
is he base on his interactions with other people?
9. Why wouldn't George allow Ann to marry Chris?