All My Sons by Arthur Miller

All My Sons by Arthur Miller

All My Sons' is a play by Arthur Miller. Setting of the play is time of second world war.On the night Ann's visits Chris Keller, a storm knocks over a tree in his family's yard. This tree was planted in honor of the Keller's late son, Larry, a pilot who died in World War II. The timing seems significant to Chris's mother Kate, who still thinks of Ann as Larry's girlfriend, not Chris's.
Kate still believes that Larry is alive. She insists that Ann feels the same, but Ann makes it clear that she isn't waiting for Larry. Chris has asked Ann to visit because he intends to propose to her and needs his father's support in convincing his mother that it's a good match.
                               In the course of the play, it's revealed that Ann's father Steve has gone to jail for allowing cracked cylinder heads to be installed in fighter jets on the front. From jail, Steve accuses Joe of knowingly ordering him to ship the cracked cylinder heads. Joe denies it, claiming that he was home sick at the time, but Ann's brother George catches Joe in the lie.Ann reads a letter that Larry sent her while he was on the front. In it, Larry reveals that Joe knew about the cracked cylinder heads all along and that Larry intends to crash his plane because of this. Upon hearing this, Joe commits suicide to repent for his actions.