If I were you, I would want to look at the way that the
disappearance of Larry points towards severe problems within the family, especially in
the way that Kate Keller reacts to the continued disappearance of her son and her firm
belief that he is not dead and will return. Note what she says to Ann and Chris and how
she maintains her belief in his return:
I know, dear, but don't say it's ridiculous,
because the papers were full of it; I don't know about New york, but there was half a
page about a man missing even longer than Larry, and he turned up from
Burma.
Kate holds on to such
stories and this gives her the belief that Larry cannot have died and that he is still
alive. This of course is a major problem, as it means that Chris and Ann cannot proceed
with their relationship because of Kate's belief. Of course, what we discover is that
the reason Kate is holding on so firmly to Larry being alive is that if she were to
admit that he had died, she would have to admit that her husband was guilty for sending
faulty machine parts to the war and therefore guilty for the death of other pilots like
Larry. The family is definitely shown to be in crisis through
this.
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