Develop
I still feel the JB priestly is the one says the quote he is trying hard to get the whole point how people should work as a community. He does blame a character in the book for the death of the young girl Eva Smith. He blames as the fact the community did not work together. In the play He acts as a conscience To Mr. Birling and his family. As some of the family starts being guilty about the death. The inspector can be whoever you believe he is. He can be a spirit, human, law, conscience.
Why
The inspector says it because Mr. Birling and family did not feel any guilt. They will not take any responsibility for actions. Mr. Birling is completely against the community. The inspector feels unless the community unites many more Eva Smiths will die. The book was written in 1945 and actual story set in 1912. Priestly is trying to get the message The Great Britain was very ignorant therefore it was indestructible and nothing could ever happen to harm Great Britain. The moral of the message was that Mr. Birling was full of himself
When
The quote is said when the inspector decides to leave as his closing speech the timing Of this speech is very important as this is the time When the inspector is starting To make the Birling family feel guilty. This final quote is the final blow if you want At this point the inspector had started to change the mind of the Birling family. The arena final message He had hoped that they would think about what he had said even after they realize he was a hoax.
My Understanding
I believe considering that time the book was written the quote was trying to achieve everybody to work as a community. The message was this story was written during the Second World War and Great Britain require more than possible help from the community. This story in one sense is trying to make people help in the community and in the war effort.
They can be related to society at the time 1912 as mentioned earlier the country believe it was invincible. As a story was set the before world war one an unfortunate sinking on the supposed unsinkable Titanic the largest ship in the world. Also because Britain’s was still a great power as Britain stilled had an empire.
Priestley’s Aims
Priestly wanted to educate everyone In the way of community He didn’t want anybody to be like Mr. Birling. As Mr. Birling is full of him self. Mr. Birling is a typical Englishmen of this period. Although Mr. Birling is exaggerated For the sake of the play Mr. Birling. Believes its every man for himself to look after number one he forgets about community. He is very sexist as he tries to hide the truth from his family particularly from Sheila. He does this because he believes young girls like Sheila should not have to worry about horrible things like death, because women are too weak to cope but he believes men can. Priestley’s main aim in the play was to show what would happen if we didn't work together as a community. The play is there to highlight the problems of divide between communities he wanted his audiences to learn something from his plays.
How Successful
In my personal opinion I feel that priestly has successfully got across the point. He has very well described how men especially were very ignorant and sexist In 1912 He has also got across. The point of how important it is for communities to work together. Especially time of war. In society today we do not have such a large problem men and woman are regarded as equal. Black and White are regarded as equal we are much closer together now.
Conclusion
I personally like the play for its aims. It aims to bring a war torn and divide country where everyone is not equal together under one body. Bringing back in the quote we are responsible for each other. I feel that priestly was a very intelligent man and his intention was extremely worthwhile.Although we no longer have such a big problem where communities no longer work together. I still feel the play is of great value to everybody to realise what we used to be like I feel Priestly has done his self credit.The moral of `An Inspector Calls' is that no matter what class we are we are all equal and that we must work together. Priestly wanted to get this moral across, I think he did, but unfortunately there will always be people like the Birling's.
