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An inspector calls - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Mr B is a self made rich man
        
        he owns a factory
      - mrs B is his social superior
      - How he effected Eva smith
        
        Eva was an employee at his factory but she and the rest of the workers want a higher wage
        
        wanted 25 shillings a week rather than 22.5
        
        she lead a strike but the strike didn't last long
        
        the workers on strike couldn't afford to keep going without a pay rise
        
        he then sacked her for leading the strike
  - - - she worked at a charity that was meant to help people in need
        
        Eva went to her because she needed support as she refused to take any more money from Eric
        
        Eva introduced herself as Mrs birling which made Mrs not like her
        
        Mrs B then used her influence to make the rest of the committee reject her
        
        this was the final straw for Eva - committed suicide afterwards
        
        she was pregnant
  - - - after being fire from Mr B's factory she got a job at milwards
        
        she got the job because they were short on staff due to the flow going around
        
        Sheila went to milwards often
        
        sheila was trying on dress when she saw Eva laugh/simile at her
        
        she got made and jealous as she thought that the dress if look better on Eva
        
        Lead sheila to demand the Eva is fired by threatening to leave the shop
  - - - he goes the birlings to investigate a suicide (Eva's)
        
        he uses her journal to know how each of the Birling's and Gerald effected her
        
        he used the diray to accuse all og them and to make them realize what they did
        
        however, near the end of the play it becomes unclear whether or on Eva was real
        
        real
        
        they Birlings get a call back for the hospital that a girl has cimmitte suicide and that an inspector is coming to visit
        
        lie
        
        he never should them the photo all at once
        
        1 more item...
  - - - "smith" was a common last name in the working class
        
        Eva commits suicide
        
        she does it because of the birlings and Gerald
        
        they exploited her
        
        they took everything so she and nothing left
        
        she drinks strong disinfectant
- - - - Priestley's mouthpiece
    - - Birlings taking responsibility for Eva Smiths death
  - - - use dramatic irony
        
        makes Mr B seem foolish/unreliable
        
        discourages people from capitalism
      - presented as avaratious
  - - - we are members of one body
  - - - lower class has to follow upper class orders
        
        edna
        
        Eva smith
    - - separates the lower class from themselves
  - - - believes he knows better
    - - could be to show that priestley understand that not all can change there mindsets especially those who are indoctrinated in capitalist beliefs
      - could also want to encourage the younger generation to change a
- - - - rependant
      - naive
    - - rependant
        
        "The money's not the important thing. It's what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters"
      - irresponsible
    - - unrepentant
        
        "I can take no responsibility"
        
        Even after he acknowledges what she did to her, she still refuse to take any responsibility
        
        reflects her lack of social responsibility
        
        reflects her lack of care for others especially those who he thinks is below him
      - prejudiced
        
        "girls of that class"
        
        she is separating herself for Eva
        
        'that' could suggest that she disgusted by the lower class or doesn't respect them
    - - captalist mindset
        
        "Crofts and Birlings... working together for lower costs and higher prices"
        
        juxtaposition
        
        'lower costs' should lead to lower prices
        
        shows how Mr Birling exploits the lower class
        
        "community and all that nonsense"
        
        emphasises his lack of social responsibility
        
        represent his lack of care for other
        
        Eva's death doesn't concern nim
      - foolish
        
        "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
        
        titanic sinks in 1912
        
        ironey
        
        used to make mr birling seem unreliable
        
        used to discourage people from supporting captalism
        
        "the Germans don't want war"
        
        WW1 starts in 1914
        
        "we in for a time of peace and prosperity and rapid progress"
        
        WW1 starts in 1914
    - - socialism
        
        "we are members of one body. we are responsible for each other"
        
        metaphor
        
        bible reference
        
        The birling would probably be Christian
        
        "members"
        
        Part of a community/ society
        
        everyones involved not just the upper class
        
        "one body"
        
        everything's important and vital
        
        everything works together in harmony
        
        "They will be taught in fire blood and anguish"
        
        listing
        
        religion
        
        could be referring to hell/ punishment
        
        'Blood"
        
        connotations of death
        
        Eva's suicide
        
        perhaps a warming/ foreshadowing for death
      - blunt
        
        "She was in great agony"
        
        short sentence
        
        straight to the point
        
        he has a purpose
        
        doesn't care about stretching the truth to make the Birlings feel less responsible
        
        "burnt her insides out"
  - - - 'girls of that class" - mrs birling