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An Inspector Calls

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An Inspector Calls The time of 1912 could most defiantly be described as controversial, there was the big issue of class, people were expected to know their place in society and stick to it and moving from one section of the class system to another was frowned upon by those in power. Mr Birling along with many of the other factory owners believed that because he was a higher class he could make the decisions for everyone under his power. These workers had no rights, just as women didn't either. It was through these dramatic ironies that J.B Priestly wanted to jump out of his box and scream out that people couldn't survive by being selfish and that community was the way forward. It's been argued that inspector was just a mouthpiece for Priestly to talk through as Priestly was a socialist and believed that 'we are all members of one...

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