Arthur Birling

• Provide quotes that show Birling's generational view.


  “A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own" --> Act 1

  You’ll hear some people say that war is inevitable. And to that I say – fiddlesticks!” --> Act 1
• Provide a quote that shows Mr. Birling's concerns with class/capitalism.


  “There’ll be a public scandal… and who here will suffer for that more than I will?”

  "Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together – for lower costs and higher prices.” --> Act 1

  "We have got to remember that she was a girl of the working-class."
• Provide a quote that shows Mr. Birling's view on younger people.


  "“If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.”

  "as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense.”
• Provide quotes that show Mr Birling's view on responsibility. 


  “There’s every excuse for what both your mother and I did.” +

  " “I can’t accept any responsibility.”