Zusammenfassung der Ressource
An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 & was written in 1945. Why is it
still popular today?
- THESIS STATEMENT: issues that occured back then are either still relevant now or are issues that people don't wish to bring up
again
- Conflict in families: "You're not the kind of father
a chap could go to"
- Shows what life would be like without healthcare: "There
are millions of Eva Smiths & John Smiths left in this
world"
- The ending is one that feeds
people's curiosities even to this
day & is an enjoyable ending
- Teaching that everyone must face their
consequences: "We don't live alone. We are
members of one body"
- Representing the prejudice viewpoints on:
- The lower class: "... as if a
girl of that sort would ever
refuse money"
- Women: "Girls aren't cheap labour. They're people"