All My Sons, Arthur Miller's first commercial success, tells the story of an American family caught up in the struggle between personal responsibility and duty to their country. Joe Keller, a successful and selfmade man, has done a terrible thing--during World War II, hurriedly trying to meet an order from the Army, he knowingly sold them defective airplane parts which later caused the planes to crash and killed 21 men. He engineered his own exoneration and falsely turned in his business partner. His son is about to marry the partner's daughter, and when the issue is revisited, Joe's lie of a life is revealed. While spending his whole life in the pursuit of wealth for the sake of his family, Joe represents the American Dream gone wrong.