Inspector Calls

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J.B Priestly wrote “An Inspector Calls” to show that in an ideal world people should be treated in an equal manner, whether they are rich or poor. He is absolutely disgusted by how people who have a high status and a significant amount of money, do to help the community and people less fortunate. He also dislike how rich people crave to go up a social status , to show people how important they are in society but in reality they are stuck up snobs who don’t care at all for society. J.B Priestly used the inspector to reveal to all the characters the part they played in the death of Eva Smith. He is supposedly making the characters learn from their mistakes, and to show them what they really are. He might also expect them to change or develop their attitude towards others. The Birling family and Gerald Croft accept the responsibility of Eva’s death in various ways; Mr. Birling and Mrs Birling even reject the idea although there is a clear hand that they played in the death of Eva Smith. Erica and Sheila on the other hand accept the responsibility of Eva’s death and they promise to change their behavior towards others in the future. They also feel guilty for what they did and find it difficult to forgive themselves. Gerald is quite different from the rest even though he accepts responsibility and knows what he did was wrong, I feel he wants to hide what happened and may not change his attitude towards others.

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Mr. Birling I think is fairly responsible for the death of Eva Smith although what he did had justified reasons. Mr. owned his own company in which a few workers protested on low wages, he “he let them come back” except “for the four or five ringleaders, who’d started the trouble”. “Eva Smith was one of them”. Mr. Birling started the chain of events that late would end Eva’s life. He made her unemployed and left her with no place to go. He completely rejected the idea that he caused Eva’s death, because “if you don’t come down sharply ...

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