Joe begins his tragic figure by making a fortune for his son, Chris, so that he doesn¡¯t have to go through what went through to get there. Joe starts his company and brings it up for Chris, because he loves him and wants him to have a jumpstart in life and to keep the family business going. He expresses his concern for Chris¡¯ decision to both stay and take care of the factory or to leave. ¡°All right, but¡¦ but don¡¯t think like that. Because what the hell did I work for? That¡¯s only for you, Chris, the whole shootin¡¯-match is for you!¡± (369). At the end of the play, Joe explains to Chris that everything he

Joe¡¯s actions bring his downfall because even though he had made his choices for the best of reasons, the bottom of his reasoning fall out when Chris and his brother Larry turn against him. When Chris discovers how Joe had made and kept his fortune, he is angered beyond limits. ¡°Then explain it to me. What did you do? Explain it to me or I¡¯ll tear you to pieces!¡± (419). Joe clings on to his reasons for his actions by trying to explain to Chris that it was all for him, ¡°For you, a business for you!¡± (420). Larry, although away fighting the war, knows about this incident and is also angered and commits suicide, ¡°They¡¯ll probably report me missing. If they do, I want you to know that you mustn¡¯t wait for me. I tell you, Ann, if I had him here now I could kill him-¡± (431). Joe¡¯s world falls apart when he has a revelation in which he notices that no one really cares about his money, that Chris didn¡¯t want to do anything with it, and that Larry had committed suicide because of it. Now th

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