An Inspector Calls

A detailed Summary of An Inspector Calls

Eva Smith lead a very traumatic adulthood because of the constant catastrophes she has encountered. There have been a number of people who have contributed to Eva Smiths emotionally affected life up to the point where she committed suicide.

Arthur Birling was a rich man and only seemed to care about his family and how well his business was

progressing, in other words how much money he was earning. He didn't care about any of his workers, and didn't know them at all, as it quotes in the book, 'I have a couple of hundred workers under me, who keep changing' (Act 1, page 12, line 16.) Therefor this shows that there was no personal relationship with Arthur Birling and Eva Smith until after the strike. Arthur Birling states that all the workers had just come back from their holidays and had become very restless, and then just decided to demand for a pay rise or they would go on strike. Of course he denied it, so all the workers wouldn't come back. After a while they were all begging to come back because they were becoming poor, so Arthur Birling let them all back and fired the ringleaders, one of whom, Eva Smith. Eva Smith was now out of work for two months, and was earning no money. She hadn't any savings so she became half star

ved. Also both her parents were dead so they couldn't offer her help. This may be another reason why she committed suicide, maybe because her parents were dead also. She had few friends who couldn't help her, and she was feeling very upset and ill. So to round up the events linked between Arthur Birling and Eva Smith, I would say that even though the fired her, it isn't the end of the world, and she is cable of finding another job as we find out later.

at Milwards, Sheila was experimenting with some dresses and hats, and she new very well they didn't suit her so she asked Miss. Francis how it should be worn. Miss. Francis asked Eva Smith to put it on and show Miss. Birling how it was worn. Sheila saw Eva Smith laughing at her, so Sheila was very rude to them both and then went straight to the manager and complained that Eva Smith was being very disrespectful and

Eric Birling is the last person to be interrogated by the inspector and we instantly know that he is the father of Eva Smiths child. Eric Birling is a drunken, misunderstood youngster who really is not seen by his

becoming Gerald's mistress and Gerald being the most important thing in Eva's life. Eva was madly in love with Gerald, but knew herself that it couldn't be, as they were both from very different classes, but she still loved him. He didn't feel the same way as Eva felt about him, because it quotes this in the book. If she ever found out that Gerald didn't love her, her heart would be broken once again!

painful. All these incidents are adding up, and resulting in an enormous and heart breaking situation at the end.

Mrs. Birling is very strict and snob like, she also doesn't care about anybody else, just her self. She is a member of the 'Brumley Women's Charity Organisation'. Eva Smith went to this society for help. When she arrived there, Mrs. Birling asked Eva her name, and she replied, "Mrs. Birling". The real Mrs. Birling got very angry with this, and thought that the girl was being cheeky, so Mrs. Birling had the power to dismiss Eva Smith plea for help. Now that Eva Smith is gone, Mrs. Birling still won't take any responsibility for Eva Smith's death.

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Approximate Word count = 1684
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English