An Inspector Calls

Mr Birling is obsessed with capitalist ideals. Priestley presents Mr Birling as a proud fool to mock capitalist die hards in the age of rising in the 20th century. For example, Mr Birling is convinced that 'we're in for a time of steadily increasing prosperity and that there will "be" This is dramatic irony.

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TheBirlingfamilyandGeraldCroftarecelebratingSheila’sengagementtoGerald

• Althoughthereareafewsignsthatnot everything isperfect(MrBirlingistooanxioustoimpressGerald,Eric  

seemsnervousandSheilamentionsthat Geralddidnotcome nearhertheprevioussummer)thereisa  

happy,light-heartedatmosphere.

• MrBirlingmakesarrogantspeeches,tellingtheothercharactershisviewsonscience,theTitanicandthe  

relationshipbetween bossesandworkers,sayingthataman‘hastomindhisownbusinessandlookafter  

himself’

The Birling family and Gerald Croft are celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald

• Although there are a few signs that not everything is perfect (Mr Birling is too anxious to impress Gerald, Eric  

seems nervous and Sheila mentions that Gerald did not come near her the previous summer) there is a  

happy, light-hearted atmosphere.

• Mr Birling makes arrogant speeches, telling the other characters his views on science, the Titanic and the  

relationship between bosses and workers, saying that a man ‘has to mind his own business and look after  

himself’

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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