In the story All My Sons by Arthur Miller, there are many symbols that Influence the characters' actions and other events
Symbols such as the tree In the yard and the date November 25th represent the remembrance of Larry Keller The downed tree
also hints to the letter at the end of the story Other symbols stand for past events In the characters' lives and give the reader a
View Into the important father-son relationship between Joe and Chns Keller
One of the major symbols In the play was the tree in the yard The tree was important to the Kellers because It was planted on
the day that their son, Larry, disappeared The importance can be seen when the tree was knocked over The Kellers and their
neighbors saw the fallen tree and remembered Larry Also, the fallen tree hints to the revelation of Larry's suicide letter Another
symbol that pertained to Larry was the date November 25th Atter Larry went missing, the family staffed to work on a horoscope for
Larry in order to determine It It was his favorable day This was important to Kate Keller because she believed that her son could
not possibly have died on his favorable day Chris Keller wanting to marry Ann also represents the Idea of Larry Certain people in
the family tried to persuade Chris not to marry Ann because Larry had been engaged to Ann Also, Joe told Chris not to marry Ann
because his mother would be greatly upset because she saw Chris's marrying Ann as the recognition that Larry had actually died
Another symbol that was significant IS the title, "All My Sons " This saying was Viewed differently through the eyes of Joe and
Chns Keller Chris Viewed all of the other soldiers as his brothers, making them all (the Kellers and the soldiers) a large family This
View IS different from the View of his father, Joe, who only recognizes his offspring as his "sons " A perfect example of Joe's View
Influencing his actions IS Joe telling Steve to send out the cracked heads Joe's narrow-mindedness did not allow him to realize
that men would actually die from using the bad heads Joe's View can also be seen when he validates his actions by saying that
he had done It for his family Chris took offense to his father's comments because Chris saw all the soldiers as his brothers
In the story, Al My Sons, symbols play an Important role and Influence some characters' actions Th tree, "November 25th", and
Chris's marrying Ann all have to do With Larry Keller, and the title shows the differences between Joe and Chris Keller It also
shows the reader a good View of the strange relationship between Chris and his father.
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