In what could be considered the climax of the play, Ann
reveals to the Keller family the letter she received from Larry before he died, which
Chris reads out to compare his conduct about his father and his suspicions with that of
his brother. It is highly interesting that before Chris reads out the letter of his dead
brother, his father says:
Chris, a man can't be a Jesus in this
world!
Keller is obviously
stating that the world is so corrupt and evil that it is impossible to be "good" or like
Jesus, trying to justify his behaviour. However, Chris reads this letter to his father,
saying:
Now
listen to this, and tell me what a man's got to
be!
The uncompromising stance
of Larry and his disgust with his father, and in particular the way that he says he
could kill him for what he did if he was there in front of him shows what a "man" is: a
man is obviously somebody who is able to face wrongdoing and punish it justly no matter
who that person is. This is the attitude that Larry took, and that Chris finds that he
lacked in how he has responded to his father.
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