ACT 2: Kate says "Dad and I are stupid people" but as she continues in this scene she suggests that Chris is too idealistic. Explain her opinion.

Chris is uncomfortable with the success his father's business found during the war, when so many of his comrades died pointlessly. He redirects his discomfort into an idealism and an attitude of social awareness that is foreign to his family environment. Others perceive Chris's idealism as oppressive, asking sacrifices of others that Chris himself does not make as he lives comfortably (if guiltily) on his father's dime.