Generations

• mr birling - " the famous youngster generation who know it all. and they can't even take a joke "
• mr birling - " the famous youngster generation who know it all. and they can't even take a joke "

  • older generation is naive to the change coming in society
  • mocking
  • younger generation are open to change and new ideas
  • older generation see the poor's suffering as a joke
• shelia - " these girls aren't cheap labour they're people "
• shelia - " these girls aren't cheap labour they're people "

  • young and innocent are effected
  • dehumanised and exploited by older / richer generations
  • younger generation has an ability to change - socialism
  • starting to see the harsh reality of the outside world she has been shielded from
• eric - " then the drink shows his familiarity with heavy drinking "
• eric - " then the drink shows his familiarity with heavy drinking "

  • tries to appear more grown up than he is
  • longs for the love of his farther
  • Jealous of gerald
  • wants to fit into societal expectations
  • forced to grow up to quickly under the pressure of his parents
• sheila - " you must not build a wall between us and that girl "

  • demanding
  • harsh tone towards parents - change from the beginning - " yes mummy "
  • " wall " - metaphor for the social class divide
  • still refers to her family and Eva separately
  • product of her upbringing
  • younger generations are trying to spark a change
• sheila - " you must not build a wall between us and that girl "
• Mr Birling - " hard - headed practical man of business "

  • stubborn and set in his ways
  • personification of capitalism
  • immoral
  • takes advantage of the poor's suffering to exploit them for their own financial gain
• Mr Birling - " hard - headed practical man of business "
• Sheila - " he made me feel. fire , blood and anguish "

  • younger generation is changed by the inspectors message
  • acts as the inspectors proxy
  • realises she has been living in a "pink and intimate" world while being sheltered from the "harsh and bright" reality
• " he made me feel. fire , blood and anguish "