"We don't live alone. We are all members of one body. We are responsible for each other". What is Priestley's main aim in 'An Inspector Calls'? How successfully does he achieve it?

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Rise With the Sun

‘Rise with the sun.’ That is what most of the slaves called it. The slaves at Belle Grove Plantation were instructed to do so by Master Weaver and if they didn’t he would beat them. As soon as the sun was up they started work.

Myrta, a young girl of about 14, had grown up on the Bell Grove Plantation. She was born there and thought she would stay there until the day she died.

She worked on the field since she was able to walk and talk. Myrta didn’t have many friends; she just kept herself to herself and tried to cope with the everyday life on the Plantation.

“Missy, could ya pass me dat basket?” Myrta asked a girl to her left.

Missy thrust it at her. She wasn’t the nicest person and they never seemed to get along. The girl to her right looked at her sympathetically. Harriet, one of her friends, worked right next to her but her other friend, Clotee, worked in the Big House. Because of this Harriet and Myrta hardly ever got to see Clotee.

Myrta, Clotee and Harriet were very good friends and often sneaked out of their quarters at night to see each other, but they daren’t be to noisy for fear of getting caught. If Master Weaver ever found out they would be as good as dead. Also if Missy ever knew, she would no doubt tell Miss Weaver. She did all the bribing on the Plantation and it always encouraging all the slaves to tell on other slaves to get something nice, like sweets, shoes or extra clothes. Missy used this as a weapon against Myrta and loved getting her into trouble!

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“I ‘ope no one saw me!” Myrta whispered to her friends as she walked up the hill to where her friends were sitting under the “Big Oak” as they called it,

“No, they’d be in bed by now.” Clotee looked up from the quilt she was carefully stitching. They all took turns to stitch a part of the quilt . They called it their friendship quilt, it was Clotee’s idea and she Myrta and Harriet had been making it for about a year.

“ ‘Ave ya done dat bit yet, Clotee?” Harriet asked whilst looking at the quilt.

“Nearly,” Clotee was stitching her part into place.

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“Is it my turn next?” said Myrta admiring Clotees neat stitching compared to hers and Harriet’s. Clotee was by far the best one at sewing out of them all. That is why she worked in the Big House and Miss Weaver will make sure that Clotee would always stay there as everyone knew that when she was good enough she was to make dresses for Miss Weaver.

“Yeah, but hurry dis time, last time ya took like a week!” Harriet loved stitching the quilt and always had, even if she wasn’t that good.

“I wish I worked in da Big ...

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