In the play Ann and George are sister and brother, both
children of the former partner of Joe Keller, Steve Deever. However, they differ in
their attitude to their father, who has now been in jail for some time having been
accused of knowing about the faulty parts that the factory processed which led to the
deaths of the pilots. Ann Deever believes that her father was guilty, and has refused to
visit him. George, however, believes that his father is innocent, and that Joe basically
set him up. As a lawyer, he represents a significant threat to Joe and his story of how
things happened. As George is about to come and visit the house, Jim tells Ann his
motive for the visit:
You know why he's here, don't try to kid it away.
There's blood in his eye; drive him somewhere and talk to him
alone.
George has come to
take Ann home, which clearly indicates that he does not approve of the match between
Chris and Ann, and that he is considering taking out a legal procedure against Joe
Keller trying to accuse him of his part in the crime that his father has served time for
alone. Clearly, therefore, Ann is rather worried and shocked by this, and says that she
will take George and drive him away. However, before she is able to do so, George
enters. He ignores Ann as she refers to his "filthy" shirt collar and what follows is a
rather tense meeting between George, Ann and Chris where George forbids Ann to marry
Chris because of his belief in Joe Keller's guilt at destroying the Deever family, as he
puts it.
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