All My Sons

act 1 why does everyone seem worried about kate's reaction to the broken apple tree?

why does everyone seem worried about kate's reaction to the broken apple tree?

how in fact does kate interpret the fact the tree is broken?

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Kate planted the tree in her son's memory. She will see the fact the tree as broken as a bad omen because she so wants to believe he is still alive. When Kate appears, she says that it is funny that Larry's tree blew down in his birthday month, and this shows that he is coming back.

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