AMS - Bagrut Questions [MOE]
"I packed your bag, darling." Kate says this to Ann because she (-). [18a]
doesn't want Ann to marry Chris
Larry committed suicide because [18w]
he couldn't accept the fact that his father had knowingly sent the army cracked airplaneparts.
In Act I, Keller tells Ann and Chris that "...there was a court paper in my pocket" to prove that (—). [17b]
he was not guilty of the crime
During his visit to the Kellers, George (-). [18w]
tells Ann their father's side of the story
In Act II, when George comes to the Kellers after visiting his father in jail, he tells Ann that (—).
they should have written to their father
George comes to the Keller's house because he [17w]
wants to take Ann away from the Kellers // doesn't want Ann to marry Chris. / spoke tohis father and now believes Joe is guilty.
Why is Ann an important character in the play? Give information from the play to support your answer. [19a]
1. Ann is an important character in the play because she exposes the truth about the situation in the Keller family. As a result, Joe understands that Larry died because of his crime. Supporting information: She shows the Keller family Larry's letter that explains how he died. / that he committed suicide. // Joe commits suicide. 2. Ann is an important character in the play because she represents the 'loot' that was won from the war. Supporting information: Ann tells Chris that it is OK to enjoy the money that was earned out of the war. Ann wants Chris to accept the fact that it is also OK to marry her even though she was Larry's girl. 3. Ann is an important character because she shows how even an idealist can change and become practical when her own happiness is at stake. Supporting information: She didn't speak to her father, but in the end, she is willing to forget Keller's crime to have a life with Chris.
At the beginning of Act II Sue tells Ann that Chris is a phoney idealist. Do you agree or disagree with Sue's opinion? Discuss. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17a]
AGREE: Chris sees himself as an idealist. He encourages Jim to follow his dream andwork in research although he won't make as much money as a regular doctor. At the same time, Chris compromises his ideals by working for his father even though he suspects that his father became rich from what he did during the war. As a result, Sue accuses him of being a phoney idealist. Supporting information is in the answer. OR: DISAGREE: Chris is not a phoney idealist. He comes back from the war believing that people have a responsibility to one another. He is upset when he sees people living as though nothing happened./He encourages Jim to work in research. Therefore, I can infer that Sue is not right. Supporting information: He remembered that in the war, his men died for each other. /Chris doesn't want his name on his father's plant./ He feels wrong to be alive, to open a bank account/ drive the new car, etc./ He doesn't want the "loot" from the war./ He feels people treat the war as if it were a bus accident./He wants to marry Ann but it takes him years to start writing to her.
At the beginning of the play, Kate says, "... everything decides to happen at the same time." Which of the following happens? [18b]
Ann comes to visit the Kellers.
What is Ann's role in the play? Give information from the play to support your answer. [18a]
Ann's presence brings the situation to a climax in the play. Her visit causes George to come to the Kellers to take Ann home. This leads to the truth being exposed about Joe's guilt. Supporting information: Mother opposes Ann's marriage to Chris because Ann is Larry's girl. / George tells everyone about his visit to his father. / Mother says that Joe has never been ill. / Ann shows the family Larry's letter he wrote her before he committed suicide. Ann's role is to be a realist. Her main reason for coming to the Kellers is to marry Chris. // She is willing to give up on her father and not punish Joe so she can marry Chris. Supporting information: Ann shows Larry's letter to Mother because she is afraid of losing Chris. / She knows that the only way mother will accept her marriage to Chris is by giving evidence that Larry is dead./Towards the end of the play she says she is willing to go away with Chris. / She tells Chris that she doesn't need him to do anything about Joe.
Why is George an important character in the play? Give information from the play to support your answer. [16b]
George is an important character because he changes everything. Before he arrives, the family and the neighbors choose to ignore that Joe is probably guilty. However, when George arrives he brings conflict to the story. He is the only one who openly accuses Joe of being guilty of the cylinder head crime. A lot of important information comes out during the conversations between the family and George and this leads to Chris finding out that Joe is guilty. Supporting information: George believes what his father told him about the case and tells it to everyone. / He accuses Joe of putting all the blame on Steve. / George and Joe argue about why Steve listened to Joe. / He tells Ann not to marry Chris and tells her to leave with him. / He argues with Chris about Joe's role in the cylinder head case. George is an important character because he represents Steve's side of the story. /When mother says that Joe has not been sick for 15 years, George asks about the day the cylinder heads were sent out.
In Act II, Kate tells Chris that Ann "doesn't belong here." Why does Kate say this? [16b]
Because she's Larry's girl. / Because Kate thinks that Ann has to wait for Larry to comeback. / Ann can't marry him because that would mean Larry is dead
After Joe hears Larry's letter, he says, "Sure, he [Larry] was my son. But I think to him they were all my sons. And I guess they were..." Explain the importance of this statement to the play. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17a]
Before he hears the letter, Joe only cares about family and money even if it means sacrificing the lives of soldiers and his partner and friend, Steve. He says everyone else is making money from the war so why shouldn't he? He thinks Larry would agree with him. However, after hearing the letter, Joe finally understands that there is something beyond family and that he should have taken responsibility for other people's sons not only his own sons. This is important to the play because now Chris understands that he must take his father to jail /because this is the reason that Joe kills himself. Supporting information: Joe tells Mother that he doesn't need to be forgiven for anything. / He made money for the family./ nothing is bigger than the family (and if there is he'll put a bullet in his head)./Keller says Larry understood the business world.
Why does Sue say she doesn't want to live next door to Chris? [17a]
Chris has a bad influence on her husband.
At the end of Act I, Kate says, "Be smart now, Joe... Be smart." She says this because (-). [16b]
George is coming to see them
George goes to visit his father in jail because (-). [19b]
George wants to tell Steve that Ann is getting married
In Act I, when Chris is talking to Joe about marrying Ann, Chris says "You have such a talent for ignoring things." Joe answers, "I ignore what I gotta ignore." Explain what Chris and Joe mean by this. Give information from the play to support your answer. [19a]
Chris means by this that Joe refuses to tell Kate to move on with her life and admits that Larry is not coming back. // Chris means that Joe can't deal with hard reality. When things get unpleasant he escapes and avoids dealing with them by ignoring them. Supporting information: Chris says to Joe that they have made a terrible mistake with mother. / Chris says that it's time she realized that nobody believes Larry is alive. // When Chris tells Joe he wants to marry Ann, Joe tells him it's his business. Joe means by this that he needs to ignore things because he can't admit that he has done terrible things. / he doesn't want to deal with the results of his actions. // that he is running away from his actions. // Joe ignores things because if he doesn't, it will destroy his family. // Joe is afraid of the reactions of others if he doesn't ignore things. // Because Joe can't deal with problems. / It's his way of surviving. Supporting information: Joe would have to deal with the fact that money was more important to him than people's lives. // deal with / argue with Kate about Larry.// deal with the fact that he and Kate have to live a lie. // admit that he is guilty of a crime / of killing 21 pilots. // admit that only Steve went to jail for the crime that they both committed. // Joe goes to sleep every time something unpleasant arises. Kate actually tells him to go to sleep so as not to have to face things. // Joe doesn't read the news. // Joe lives in a house cut off from harsh reality by a wall of poplars.// Joe needs things to be "nice".
Sue, Jim's wife, asks Ann to go away with Chris after their marriage because (-). [18a]
Chris might influence Jim to do research
In Act I, Chris says to Mother, "Just because she isn't married doesn't mean she's been mourning Larry." Explain why Chris says this. Give information from the play to support your answer [18b]
Chris wants Mother to realize that Ann knows that Larry is not coming back. She has not been waiting for him and she wants to marry Chris. Supporting information: Mother says Larry is not dead and Chris has no right to take his girl. / Chris started writing to Ann. / Chris invited Ann to come visit. / Ann says that she has been waiting for Chris to write to her.
In Act I Chris says to Mother, "We're like at a railroad station waiting for a train that never comes in." Explain what Chris means by this. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17a]
Chris wants to get on with his life and he can't. He wants to marry Ann, who was Larry's fiancée. However, Kate is still waiting for Larry to return from the war even though it's been over for three years. Kate expects everyone else to wait for him, including Ann. Supporting information: Joe tells Chris that Mother believes Larry is not dead and that he has no right to take his brother's girl./ Joe tells Chris that he doesn't know what will happen to Mother if he marries Ann./ Chris tells Joe that he hoped if they waited long enough Mother would accept Larry's death. / Chris tells Mother that maybe it's time to forget Larry.
Why has Ann come to visit the Kellers? [19W]
Chris wrote to her and told her to come.
In Act III, Jim says to Mother, "The compromise is always made." What compromise did Jim make in his life? [18b]
He gave up medical research because Sue wanted him to come home. / He takes money from patients who aren't sick because Sue wants money.
Act I of the play opens with a scene at the Keller's home on a Sunday morning with Joe and Jim reading the newspaper in the backyard. In the middle of the yard is a broken tree. Why do you think Miller made this the opening scene of the play? Give information from the play to support your answer. [19W]
I think Miller opened the play in this way to give the readers the feeling that everything is normal and peaceful as it is in most families on a Sunday morning. But the broken tree is a sign that there is something wrong. As the play proceeds, we learn that there are many problems in the lives of the characters and nothing is really as it seems. Supporting information: Accept any issues discussed in the play, e.g., Joe and Steve have been accused of a terrible crime. // Steve has been sent to jail. // The Deevers moved away. //Larry has gone missing during the war.
Relationships between husband and wife are a central theme in the play. Discuss this theme in relation to ONE of the following two couples, Joe and Kate OR Frank and Lydia. Give information from the play to support your answer.[19b]
Frank and Lydia are living the American Dream. Frank and Lydia are shown as the only normal family in the play. We can infer that they have a good relationship and are a loving couple because they are able to laugh at each other and praise each other. They also support each other and are happy with their lives. Supporting information: Frank and Lydia have a nice house, three children and money. /Lydia is described as a laughing girl. / She calls Frank, "dear". She says Frank is very handy. /fixes things around the house. / Frank laughs at Lydia and tells her to plug in the toaster. OR: Joe and Kate Keller are living the American Dream. Although they disagree about an important issue in their lives and do not agree on how the family should continue with their lives, I can infer that they have a good relationship because they still support each other throughout the play. Joe is afraid of his wife's reactions to Chris and Ann's marriage. Kate supports and protects Joe when the entire time she knows he is guilty of the crime. That is why Kate expects everyone to wait for Larry's return. Kate doesn't want her family to move on with their lives. Supporting information: They have a nice house, children and money. They have a car, a business, a maid. They want to go out to a restaurant and drink champagne. / Joe tells Chris that he doesn't know what will happen to Mother if Chris marries Ann. / Kate tells Joe to be smart when they hear that George is coming to visit. / Joe tells Kate that because he wanted money, he made money. / Kate tells Joe to go away so as not to hear the contents of Larry'sletter. / Kate tells Chris not to take Joe to jail because it will kill him.
In Act I, Keller says to Chris, "I want a new sign over the plant — Christopher Keller, Incorporated." Chris answers, "J.O. Keller is good enough." Explain why Chris says this. Give information from the play to support your answer [19W]
I can infer from what Chris said to Joe that he is ashamed of the money his father made during the war. // I can infer that Chris suspects that his father is guilty and doesn't want to be publicly connected to a business that caused the death of 21 pilots. // I can infer that Chris feels guilty that he is living a regular life after what happened to his soldiers during the war. Supporting information: Chris says there is blood on the things they own. // Chris tells Ann that he felt ashamed to use the money from his father's business. // Chris says that he feels guilty doing all the regular things in life like having a bank account, driving a car, buying new appliances
In Act III, Joe says to Mother, "I spoiled the both of you. I should've put him [Chris] out when he was ten like I was put out, and made him earn his keep. Then he'd know how a buck is made in this world." How does this quote show the connection between money and family in the play? Give information from the play to support your answer. [18b]
I can infer from what Joe said that he didn't have a lot of money when he was growing up and had to go out and work from an early age. This experience made him want to give his wife and children everything. Therefore, Joe's most important value is his family and having the money to give them a good life. He is willing to do anything even if it means he has to commit a crime. / even if it means sacrificing the lives of soldiers and letting his partner and friend, Steve, take the blame for the crime. Supporting information: Joe tells Mother that he doesn't need to be forgiven for anything. /He made money for the family. / Nothing is bigger than the family (and if there is he'll put a bullet in his head). / He sent the cracked cylinder heads to the army. / He let Steve go to jail for the crime.
Jim and Sue have different values. Discuss. Give information from the play to support your answer. [19a]
Jim is an idealist who would like to follow his dream and work in research although he won't make as much money as a regular doctor. Jim has to compromise and is forced into being practical because Sue, unlike him, is a materialist and is only interested in money. Supporting information: Jim said he would have liked to do research. // He tells Ann that when she gets married to Chris she mustn't count his money. / Sue tells Jim that he should take care of a patient who isn't really sick so he can make money. / Sue wants Chris and Ann to move away so that Chris's idealism won't affect Jim. Sue says that Jim meets a man and makes a statue out of him.
Explain the importance of Jim in the play. Give information from the play to support your answer.[18w]
Jim is an important figure in the play because he shows that sometimes in life it is necessary to compromise your principles for your family. / Jim represents the neighbors who know that Joe is guilty but still accept him as a friend and neighbor. // Jim believes that money is not everything. / Jim is a man of ideals but his belief in them is not enough to affect his behavior. / Jim shows how disappointed a person can become after turning his back on his ideals. / Jim can assure Kate that Chris will return because he understands what Chris is dealing with. / As a good friend, he understands the family and tries to help them. Supporting information: Jim used to do research but gave it up because Sue begged him to. Jim doesn't want to take care of patients who are not sick. However, he does visit them in order to make his wife happy. For her, money is important. / Jim says that if you say the word money long enough it doesn't mean anything. / Sue doesn't want Chris and Ann to live next door because each time Jim meets Chris, Jim remembers that he's always compromising. / Jim knows that Chris will come back because he too has let his star of honesty go out. / Jim says to Kate that he has always known about Joe but never said anything. / Jim brings George from the station. / Jim comes to see Kate when she doesn't feel well. / In the middle of the night, Jim comes to see how Kate is after Chris runs away./ Jim goes to look for Chris
In the beginning of Act III, Jim says to Kate, "It takes a certain talent - for lying. You have it, and I do. But not him [Chris]." Discuss Chris's character based on this comment. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17b]
Jim saw Chris as a person struggling to be an idealist. An idealist can't live with a lie. Chris had to believe that his father was innocent or he would not have been able to live at home and work in the plant, or live with himself. He would not have asked Ann to marry him if he admitted/really believed that his father was guilty./put all the blame on Steve. As long as he didn't know for sure about his father, he could justify the life he was living and call himself an idealist. But as soon as he found out the truth, he went off by himself to think about his choices. Supporting information: Chris called his father "Joe McGuts". / Ann says Chris is the only one she knows who loves his parents./When Chris finds out the truth, he says he's going away./ he doesn't want to marry Ann./ Jim says Chris wanted to watch the star of his honesty go out.
Joe and Larry have different values. Discuss. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17w]
Joe believes that the most important value is the family and is ready to do anything to have a successful life and keep his family together, even if he has to commit a crime. Joe thinks that making money for the family is legitimate and doesn't see his responsibility to society. However, Larry, his son, believes in moral ethics and ideals. When Larry finds out that his father and Steve have been convicted of sending out defective parts for planes to the army, he decides to commit suicide because he can't live with the thought that all his father is concerned about is making money, while soldiers are dying every day in the war. To Larry the pilots who died were his father's responsibility. Supporting information: Joe tells Steve to send out defective airplane parts to make money knowing that they may make planes crash and people will be killed. / Joe tells Chris that the business is all for him and that the only reason he has it. / Joe tells Kate, "You wanted money." Larry wrote a letter to Ann the day he died and told her that he was going to commit suicide because he had found out about his father. / that he can't believe that his father did business while every day 3-4 men didn't come back
In Act II George tells Ann that she can't marry Chris because (-). [17a]
Joe destroyed the Deever family
In Act III, Joe says "... if Larry was alive he wouldn't act like this. He understood the way the world is made. He listened to me." Explain how Joe has misunderstood Larry. Give information from the play to support your answer [19W]
Joe thinks that Larry saw the world the same way he does. Joe believes that Larry would have come into the business with him and made money. But Joe is wrong. Larry is an idealist, not practical like Joe. We find this out through the letter that Larry wrote to Ann just before his death. He read in the newspapers that his father and Ann's father were being convicted of the deaths or 21 pilots. They sold faulty airplane parts to the army. Larry couldn't live with the thought that his father had done such a thing, causing the deaths of 21 pilots. Because of this, Larry committed suicide. Supporting information in answer
At the end of Act II, Keller claimed the cylinder heads were sent out because (-). [19a]
Joe was afraid to lose the army contract
At the end of Act I, the Kellers learn that George is coming to see them. Discuss how this news affects Kate. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17b]
Kate becomes very suspicious and worried.// She doesn't trust Joe's ability to control himself. She is afraid that Joe will do or say something when George comes that will reveal that he is guilty./their secret. Supporting information: George is coming to see them right after visiting his father in jail. He has never before visited his father because he believed he was guilty. //George is a lawyer and Mother is afraid he has information that might show that Joe is guilty./Mother tells Joe to be smart (because George is coming).
When Chris realizes that his father has committed suicide, he says "Mother, I didn't mean to -". Mother answers, "Don't dear. Don't take it on yourself. Forget now. Live." Explain why Mother says this. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17b]
Kate says this because now she wants Chris to go on with his life. When Joe was alive, she did everything she could to protect him and that included insisting that Larry was coming back. Mother sees herself as the protector of the family. As a result of Joe's death, there is no reason to keep Chris from living the life he wants to. Supporting information: Chris says that they are at a railroad station waiting for a train that never comes in. /Ann says to Mother that she has crippled him in front of her./Mother says to Ann that to his dying day Chris will wait for Larry.
In the play, Chris has conflicts with Kate and Ann. Explain his conflict with ONE of these characters and how he deals with it. Give information from the play to support your answer. [17w]
Kate: Chris has a conflict with Kate because she refuses to admit that Larry died in the war. Chris feels that he cannot get on with this life. He wants to marry Ann but Kate will do anything to prevent the marriage. It is difficult for Chris to deal with this conflict. Chris is not willing to stand up to Kate. / make her accept Larry's death because he is a loyal son. / does not want to hurt her. Chris asks Joe to help him but he refuses. Supporting information: Kate is upset that they planted a tree in Larry's memory. / Kate warns Chris that they have to continue believing Larry is coming back. / Chris says that every time he reaches for something he has to pull back because other people will suffer. / Chris suggests to Kate that they should 'put their minds to forgetting him [Larry]'. Chris: "We're like at a railroad station waiting for a train that never comes in". / He invites Ann to come to their home. /Kate believes Ann is waiting for Larry. / Joe does not want to hurt Kate. Ann: The main conflict with Ann is because of their future together. Chris sees Ann as the center of his future. After Ann arrives, they talk about getting married. But at the end of the play, Chris decides that he must leave the house and start his life without her. He thinks that Ann will not be able to live with him because he doesn't turn Joe into the police, but Ann wants to go with Chris. Supporting information: Chris becomes practical and says he can't turn his father over to the police. Chris thinks that Ann will always blame him in her heart for doing nothing. / He thinks Ann sees him as 'yellow'. / Ann says that she won't ask Chris to do anything about Joe. / Chris says to Ann, "I thought you'd be gone." Ann answers: "I have no place to go."
Larry never appears on stage throughout the play. Discuss his importance as a character in relation to Chris. Give information from the play to support your answer. [19b]
Larry and Chris are different. Although he is never on stage, Larry controls Chris's life. Chris wants to marry Larry's girlfriend Ann but is held back because it is not clear whether he is dead or not. If he marries her, that will mean that the family will have to accept that Larry is dead. Chris sees himself as an idealist but he is working for his father even though he doesn't want his name on the plant. Larry, on the other hand, does not accept what his father did and commits suicide. At the end of the play, when Chris learns that Larry committed suicide because of what Joe did, he understands that he has to turn his father into the police. Supporting information: Joe says of Chris: "You overcharge 2 cents in a deal, his hair falls out." / Keller says that Larry understood the way the world was made. / Kate can't accept Chris's decision to marry Ann because she's "Larry's girl" and she wants everybody to believe that Larry is coming back. / Chris tells his parents: "We are like at a railroad station waiting for a train that never comes in."
At the beginning of the play, Kate describes a dream where [-] [19W]
Larry is flying his plane over their house
Ann stopped visiting her father, Steve, (-). [17w]
after she heard Larry was missing
At the end of Act II, when the truth about Keller is revealed, Kate says, "Chris, I've never said no to you in my life, now I say no!" Explain why Kate says this. Give information from the play to support your answer [18w]
Now that the truth about Joe's guilt has come out, Kate is even more afraid. Kate knows that she has to say no to Chris because if Chris marries Ann both Keller and Chris are pronouncing Larry dead. According to Kate, if this is true then Keller is guilty of killing him. Supporting information: Kate has packed Ann's bags. / Kate says that as long as Chris and Keller believe Larry will return, he is alive. God does not let a son be killed by his father
Kate: "There's something bigger than the family to him [Chris]." Joe: "Nothin' is bigger!" Discuss how Chris and Joe's beliefs are reflected throughout the play. Give information from the play to support your answer [18a]
On one hand, for Chris, values, ideals, morality are most important. Chris believes a person has to help his fellow man. He fought in the war for his country and came back hoping that the world had become a better place./ He encourages Jim to follow his dream and do medical research rather than stay at home and treat patients for money. /He tells Ann that he feels ashamed to use the money from his father's business./He doesn't do anything against his father because he also thinks that family is important. On the other hand, Joe believes that family is the most important thing and anything that he could do to make his family live better and have more money is acceptable, even if it causes the death of soldiers. That is why Joe tells Steve to send out the broken cylinder heads during the war which causes the deaths of 21 pilots. Supporting information is in the answer.
Before George visits his father in prison, how do he and Ann feel about him? [19a]
They blame him for the crime.
In Act II, Mother tells George that Joe "hasn't been laid up in fifteen years." This is a turningpoint in the play. Explain why. Give information from the play to support your answer. [18a]
Up until this point, the whole truth about what happened at the plant the day the cracked cylinder heads were sent out is not known. Both Steve and Joe were accused of the crime but Joe was found not guilty because he said that he was sick in bed and therefore was not at the factory on that day. With this 'slip of the tongue', Kate unintentionally reveals that Joe was not really sick and told Steve to ship out the cracked parts. George now understands that his father's testimony in court and what he told him in jail was the truth. He realizes that Joe is also guilty, that he pulled a fast one and put all the blame on his father. George realizes that Joe has destroyed his family. Kate can no longer protect her husband. Joe realizes that his secret is out. Supporting information is in the answer.
Jim says to Kate at the beginning of Act III, "In a peculiar way, Frank is right — every man does have a star. The star of one's honesty. And you spend your life groping for it, but once it's out it never lights again." Explain what he means by this in relation to Chris. Give information from the play to support your answer. [16b]
When Chris finds out his father is guilty and still decides he's not going to turn him in for sending out the cracked cylinder heads, he can no longer pretend to be the idealistic person he always wanted to be. Jim is saying that Chris knows that this decision will change him forever and he will never be able to see himself as an honest and idealistic person again. His star will never light again. Supporting information: Chris says he could jail Joe but now he's practical like everybody else. / Chris says he can only spit on himself for being practical like everyone else.
George's arrival at the Keller home at the beginning of Act II is a critical event in the play. Explain how his arrival affects the direction that the play takes. Give information from the play to support your answer [18b]
When George arrives at the Keller home, everything starts to change. Before he arrives, the family and the neighbors choose to ignore the fact that Joe is probably guilty. However, when George arrives, he brings conflict to the family. He is the only one who accuses Joe of being guilty of the cylinder-head crime. A lot of important information comes out during the conversations between the family and George and this leads to Chris accepting that Joe is guilty. Supporting information: George believes what his father told him about the case and tells it to everyone. / He accuses Joe of putting all the blame on Steve. / He tells Ann not to marry Chris and tells her to leave with him. / He argues with Chirs about Joe's role in thecylinder-head crime. / Mother says that Joe has not been sick for 15 years.
In Act II, Kate accidentally says that Joe hasn't been sick in 15 years. Explain why this is a turning point in the play. Give information from the play to support your answer [19b]
When Kate says that Joe hasn't been sick in 15 years, everyone understands that Joe has lied about his role in the crime and, therefore, he is guilty. This sentence is a turning point because everything that happens after this point happens because the truth has been revealed. George now knows for sure that his father's version of the crime is the truth. Chris decides not to call the police because Chris realizes that he is really a practical person and not an idealist. As a result of what Kate reveals, Ann shows Kate the letter from Larry, which causes Kate to finally accept Larry's death. The letter also proves that Larry killed himself because of his father's actions. When Joe realizes this, he commits suicide too. Supporting information is in the answer
How do Chris and Larry react differently to their father's guilt? Give information from the play to support your answer. [18w]
While Larry is unable to accept his father's guilt from the start and commits suicide, Chris, on the other hand, lives at home and works with his father. Chris never asks his father questions about what happened in the war and accepts things the way they are. Unlike Larry who was not able to accept the truth, Chris struggles with the truth. At the end of the play, when Chris returns home after coming to terms with his father's guilt, he realizes there is nothing he can do. Instead of dealing with his father, he decides to compromise. Supporting information: Larry: When Larry read about his father's guilt in the newspapers he wrote Ann a letter telling her that he couldn't live with what his father had done. He wrote that he was going on a mission and would most likely be reported missing. Chris: Chris is satisfied to work with his father as long as his name is not on the business./ Chris is unable to take action and turn his father over to the police. / Chris says, "I suspected my father and I did nothing about it" / Chris decides to leave home.
Do you think Kate should also be held responsible for Joe's crime? Discuss. Give information from the play to support your answer. [16b]
Yes. Kate is just as much to blame for the crime of shipping out the cracked cylinder heads as Joe because she knew about it. One of the following: She helped Joe by pretending that he was sick that day and couldn't go to the factory. /She supports and protects him when all the time she knows he is just as guilty as Steve. /She lets Steve sit in jail and take the blame for the crime and the death of the 21 pilots on his own. Supporting information: She says that Joe hasn't been sick a day in his life. / She is worried when she hears that George is coming to visit. / Joe says that Kate wanted money. AND / OR No, Kate is not to blame for Joe's crime. Kate knew that Joe committed the crime, but she couldn't do anything about it. / She wants to support her husband. / She wants to keep her family together. Supporting information: Kate did not participate in Joe's crime; Joe was the one who told Steve to send out the cracked cylinder heads. / When Joe tells Kate she wanted money, Kate tells him"I didn't want it that way."
