An Inspecter Calls

A detailed Summary of An Inspecter Calls

An Inspector Calls is a play written by J.B. Priestley based just after the First World War. It is about a girl called Eva Smith who decides to commit suicide after having no ware to turn. The events leading up to her death all ironically are linked to the people present in the Birlings house at the time of arrival of Inspector Goole. Eva Smith worked at a factory belonging to Mr Birling and thought that she and her fellow workers were not getting paid enough, so she organized a strike. Unfortunately she got sacked. She changed her name to Daisy Renton and got a job as a sale assistant in an expensive clothes shop. While Sheila was in that shop she saw Eva Smith giggling and thought it was at her. So she complained and Eva got sacked again. She then got depressed and thought about becoming a prostitute. Gerald Croft who was engaged to Sheila at the time picked her up in a bar. Gerald pitied her and was with her for six months. She fell in love with him but Gerald dumped her due to him and Sheila who were soon to be wed. Even more depressed, in desperation she went back to the bar met up with a chap who saw her twice and then left her. Eva found she was pregnant and decided to apply for help at a charity. Mrs

In conclusion we have learnt that Priestley has written this play and used the characters to put a message across to teach people how others look down on the less fortunate. They don't care unless it involves the good welfare of their own. The message is still relevant in today's society but not as much due to the welfare state being invented to help out the people less fortunate than ourselves.

Birling refused her of that charity due to calling herself that name because of her relationship with Gerald. It all got too much and she decided to kill herself by drinking disinfectant. Sheila was the only one who genuinely felt pity and felt she was part to blame for Eva's death.

"One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us...".

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Approximate Word count = 964
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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