What I think J.B.Priestleys aim was and how he tries to achieve it in An Inspector Calls.

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In the story an Inspector visits a wealthy and posh family, the Birling's in the Edwardian era. The family was celebrating Sheila Birling's engagement to Gerald Croft, who is also there, when the Inspector arrives telling them that a young girl called Eva Smith had committed suicide. At first they all denied that they knew Eva, but as the inspector starts to question them he manages to show that they all played a party in Eva's death. Mr. Birling had Eva fired from his factory for asking for a small increase in her wages; Sheila ordered her to be fired from her job in a shop just because of her pride; Gerald Croft kept her as his mistress before leaving her suddenly; Eric Birling (son of Mr. and Mrs. Birling) also had an affair with the girl and stole money to help her to have a better life; and Mrs. Birling didn't help Eva Smith when she needed it most, driving her to suicide. After the Inspector visits we can see which of the characters have learned their lesson from what the Inspector had said, the Birling's should take more consideration to other peoples feelings. The Birling's are firmly holding on to their old beliefs. The different attitudes between the older and younger characters are shown by their conversations after the Inspector leaves. Mr. Birling says, "Drop that. There's every excuse for what both your mother and I did it turned out unfortunately, that's all." An Inspector Calls details the different attitudes of the Birling family to the events, which lead to Eva Smith's death and how they accept the responsibility for their actions. The older characters are too cold-hearted to change but the younger ones are able to accept what they have done is wrong. Sheila " I behaved badly too. I know I did. I'm ashamed of it. But now you're beginning all over again to pretend that nothing much has happened"

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What I think J.B.Priestleys aim was and how he tries to achieve it.

I think J.B.Priestley´s aim in the play was to explain to us that we are like the Birling´s and that we need to change, and be more considerate to other people, this is what the Inspector says as he leaves the Birling's house.

"We are members of one body, we are responsible for each other"

Priestley might have had problems during the war but this might have led him to believe that to live in a admirable world everyone must have their own ...

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