Additionally, not taking responsibility for your own actions. In the beginning of the play the audience find out about the suicide of a working-class girl (Eva Smith).within 3 acts of the story is unravelled. She had been miss-treated by the (Birling’s), a middle-class family who think highly of themselves and are extremely selfish. The truth about the girl’s death is revealed through a mysterious Inspector called Google. Priestly shows how a chain of events can be started by just one person’s actions.
Inspector calls-Social responsibility In An Inspector Calls, the central theme is responsibility. Priestley is interested in our personal responsibility for our own actions and our collective responsibility to society. The play explores the effect of class, age and sex on people's attitudes to responsibility, and shows how prejudice can prevent people from acting responsibly. Priestley was a socialist and one of the big questions he is asking his audience is ‘How should society be organised?’ He is offering us a choice between socialism in which the rich are compelled to share their wealth or through capitalism where you are allowed to keep more of your money. Priestly puts across his social message by making the inspector to try get the others to accept that all people share a common humanity and so are all put of an independent community.
Gatsby feels the need to be successful and wealthy, and his participation in a bootlegging operation allows him to acquire the wealth and social status needed to attract Daisy. In his narration, Nick focuses on Gatsby’s fixation of Daisy and how he longs for her presence in his life. Gatsby’s greatness comes from his power to dream, his competence in turning dreams into reality, and his absolute love for Daisy. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby uses his dreams as motivation for his existence. Fitzgerald uses wealth and social status to define Gatsby’s character, which is exemplified by his lavish parties and the dignitaries who attend them.
His opinions of the capitalist society are represented through the events in one dining room in this polemic. The mysterious, omniscient interrogator in Inspector Goole suggests that the Birling family are collectively responsible for Eva Smith’s death after disrupting their initial celebratory mood. Throughout the course of the drama, the theme of collective responsibility is effectively developed as the swings in tension occur from one Act to the next as each character begins to realise the harsh reality of the consequences of their actions. Eric and Sheila are part of the younger generation within society and the Birling family but they seem to take responsibility for the death of Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton in a more obedient, subservient manner in comparison with their parents who are much more stubborn and constantly reject responsibility. Before Eric gets questioned by the Inspector, he immediately asks, “(miserably) Could I have a drink first.” The stage direction tells us that he is already feeling a sense of guilt and his irrationality is displayed through his sudden desire for alcohol.
An Inspector Calls was written by J. B. Priestley. He set the play in 1912, a period of optimism, hope and security, whereas in 1945 it represented the era of the post war depression. Mr Birling is one of the main characters in An Inspector Calls, he is an influential businessman who owns Birling and Co. This is shown through Mr Birling’s use of dramatic irony, as it makes Mr Birling feel more confident about his views and reflects his personality throughout the play.
All five of these characters have differing reactions to the inspector's presence and their views on Eva Smith/Daisy Renton change throughout the play and this mainly because of their generations and views on society. Priestly has used the character of Mr and Mrs Birling to symbolise the views of a capitalist which is contrasted to their children of the younger generation. Eric and Sheila Birling symbolise the views of a socialist; they tend to support the underprivileged and work towards creating a fair society where everybody has rights. The older generation can be exemplified through Mrs Birling, Mr Birling and Gerald. At the beginning of the play, Priestly makes it clear to the audience that Mr Birling is of high status – the authority of the family is unquestioned and they seem to always be in control.
An Inspector Calls is a play with lots of political messages as well as social messages. J. B. Priestley believed in socialism and he used large amounts of his plays to try and convince people to his way of thinking. It was written in a time when Britain was ruled by a Labour government and socialist policies were seen to be the right way to go. It was a common way of thinking at that time so Priestley's aim for the play was to influence the unconvinced in society.
An Inspector Calls is a play with lots of political messages as well as social messages. J. B. Priestley believed in socialism and he used large amounts of his plays to try and convince people to his way of thinking. It was written in a time when Britain was ruled by a Labour government and socialist policies were seen to be a good way to go. It was a common way of thinking at that time so Priestley's aim for the play was to influence the unconvinced in society.
Body Paragraph 2: • Tori Swoape committed suicide due to verbal bullying • She is another victim of dangerous rhetoric • Like Caesar she was a loving person that was pushed over the edge with powerful words just like Cassius pushed Brutus over the edge with dangerous and persuasive rhetoric. • In Tori’s case the rumors spread about her are similar to the letters forged by Cassius to look like Roman citizens had written them about Caesar • Both concluded in bad motives and death Body Paragraph 3: • David Phan, tormented by bullies, committed suicide oublicly in front of his fellow students • "He was one of the sweetest guys I’ve ever known," said Hunter Evensen, a classmate, told the newspaper.” • The characteristics of this child and his suicide are relatable to Julius Caesar
Mills also feels that the sociological imagination works to distinguish between the "personal troubles of individual surroundings" and the "public issues of social structure." I think the core idea that Mills is describing is that the sociological imagination gives us the ability to perceive both history and the present and relate it to the problems that we are experiencing in our everyday lives. He felt that in order to better understand the concept of Sociology we must examine the nature of how personal experiences may be interpreted as being elements of wider social processes and structures. This requires that we develop a sociological imagination. Mills implies that by posing questions about how sociologists gain knowledge of the social world and exploring issues of self-knowledge, cultural differences, and the practical significance of the discipline we can gain a better understanding of how cultures interact with one another.