Eric's changes throughout An Inspecter calls
How does Eric change throughout ‘An inspector calls’. How does the writer present the change?
In Edwardian Britain, social status was measured by material wealth, etiquette and moral responsibility. The play is sat in an industrial town, which centres around the jobs of the main characters. An Inspector calls starts off with the family celebration of an engagement between two social classes, the inspector then calls to interrogate the family about their ignorance and selfishness in contributing to the death of Eva smith (if you believe it was all about one girl). A quick witted and powerful figure of the inspector manipulates and influences their answers without saying much himself, till they all confess their involvement with the suicide. One character who has a large involvement with Eva smith is Eric. We see how while the others being questioned he is moral but childish whereas when it comes to him he matures.
To begin with Eric isn’t very mature or well established in the ranks of the family. Both of the children are treated as kids even though they are in their 20’s ‘She makes fun of him and Birling cuts him off before he can finish speaking/delivering his speech’. Thus showing Birling’s little respect or opinion of his son. The first we hear about him in the play ‘Eric suddenly guffaws’ he is then unable to explain his laughter and is somewhat nervous about something ‘I don’t know really-suddenly I felt I just had to laugh’. The moment itself wasn’t an amusing one, but this just gives me a picture of a young child sniggering to themselves in a corner, then realising they have done wrong and then persisting to be quite This first line is significant because it builds him up as a character and J B Priestley has cleverly thought of Eric’s opening line. This then impacts the reader by showing them immediately that he is treated like a boy so then acts like a boy. Priestley’s use of dialogue helps to portray Eric as a character of foolishness and
In Edwardian Britain, social status was measured by material wealth, etiquette and moral responsibility. The play is sat in an industrial town, which centres around the jobs of the main characters. An Inspector calls starts off with the family celebration of an engagement between two social classes, the inspector then calls to interrogate the family about their ignorance and selfishness in contributing to the death of Eva smith (if you believe it was all about one girl). A quick witted and powerful figure of the inspector manipulates and influences their answers without saying much himself, till they all confess their involvement with the suicide. One character who has a large involvement with Eva smith is Eric. We see how while the others being questioned he is moral but childish whereas when it comes to him he matures.
To begin with Eric isn’t very mature or well established in the ranks of the family. Both of the children are treated as kids even though they are in their 20’s ‘She makes fun of him and Birling cuts him off before he can finish speaking/delivering his speech’. Thus showing Birling’s little respect or opinion of his son. The first we hear about him in the play ‘Eric suddenly guffaws’ he is then unable to explain his laughter and is somewhat nervous about something ‘I don’t know really-suddenly I felt I just had to laugh’. The moment itself wasn’t an amusing one, but this just gives me a picture of a young child sniggering to themselves in a corner, then realising they have done wrong and then persisting to be quite This first line is significant because it builds him up as a character and J B Priestley has cleverly thought of Eric’s opening line. This then impacts the reader by showing them immediately that he is treated like a boy so then acts like a boy. Priestley’s use of dialogue helps to portray Eric as a character of foolishness and