why shouldnt they try for higher wafes

Cards (7)

  • whats the point
    eric challenged the assumptions underpinning capitalistic exploitation exposing the moral weaknes of his fathers ideology
  • whats does priestley used
    rhetorical question devices to destabilise the doninated capatilsit discourse and proposed an alternative based on justice and empathy
  • what does erics questiong
    emobodies the need for critical thinkibg in a society striving for genuine equality.
  • whatd the anaylisis
    the retorical question cuts through the birlings family complaceny quwstioning the supposed natural lmess of social hierarchy .
    the verb try impies that working class ambition is reasonable and admirable direclty oppsing mrs birling dismissive attidutes
  • whats the alternative interpretation
    erics idealism could be intepreted as naive suggesting he underestimates the systemic barries faced by the poor
  • priestleys purpose
    admires a view of society that im which fairness is possible dismanting the capatilistic myth that poverty is inevitable
  • audience impact
    having seen socialist policrs would have found eric sentiments pogressive and hopefull