An Inspector Calls Themes: Young and Old
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- Young and Old
- By questioning their old views, Priestley also questions their obsession with social class - suggesting the system is out of date and needs to be reformed
- "It's better to ask for the world than to take it"
- The younger generation are determined and motivated - Eva "had a lot to say" Her courage is why Birling sacked her
- "Now look at the pair of them - the famous younger generation who know it all"
- Sheila and Eric are shown to be challenging the authority in society
- Birling feels threatened by this and meekly warns them they'd "better keep quiet"
- Because the younger generation learn their lesson, there's a chance for an equal and fairer society in the future
- "You're beginning to pretend now that nothing's really happened at all. And I can't see it like that"
- "We all helped to kill her"
- "Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide"
- Priestley presnets Arthur and Sybil as having traditional views
- "But take my word for it, you youngsters, and I've learnt it in the good hard school of experience
- "Community and all that nonsense"
- By questioning their old views, Priestley also questions their obsession with social class - suggesting the system is out of date and needs to be reformed
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