Who is responsible for the death of Eva Smith

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Who is responsible for the death of Eva Smith

A young girl has died, committed suicide. A respectable family are

accused of being involved, "An Inspector calls" is the title of this

story. It was written by J. Boynton was born on 1894. An Inspectors

calls was set in Brumley in 1912.

There are four members of the birling family, Mr birling is the

father, Sybil is the mother, Eric the youngest child and Sheila is the

daughter. Another character is Gerald Croft who is Sheila's fiancé.

Mr Birling is a respectable businessman

"I speak as a hard-headed business man" Mr birling tends to brag about

his importance,

"I was an alderman for four years- and I'm still on the bench"

Mr Birling is a heavy looking, rather portentous man in his middle

fifties with fairly easy manners. Mr birling runs a factory called

"Birling and Company". Mr birling employed Eva smith in his factory.

Eva smith had a dispute over money. They were being paid twenty-two

and six and they wanted twenty-five shillings a week, so he sacked

her. Mr birling is very strict with his money and always mentions his
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business, and "Gerald Croft" is his `friendly business rivals' son. He

is glad that they are brought together, Mr birling does seem to brown

nose by saying that Gerald is always the son-in-law he has wanted.

Mr birling is the one who started the chain of events. He doesn't care

about his workers and his more concerned on keeping labour costs down.

Mr birling doesn't seem to like the Inspector from the start and feels

angry when he insults in by how he should run his business. He

threatens him by ...

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