An Inspector
Calls
Simplified
, Abigail Caitlin Akpey
KEY THEMES
AN INSPECTOR CALLS Responsibility
Written in 1945 JB PRIESTLEY Social Class
(post WW1 & Born in 1894 Younger vs Older
WW2) Fought in WW1 Generation
Left-Winger, Socialist Gender
Set 1912 (before
sinking of Titanic & Lack of Equality
WW1) ZEITGEISTS Secrecy vs Truth
Performed 1st in 1912 : no change, satisfaction Conflict
Soviet Union 1945 with inequality from middle Time
class, capitalism, divide Selfishness
between classes.
SOCIALISM Tension
1945 : war spirit, society
A political and economic
acknowledge importance of
theory of social
organization which believes community, acceptance of CAPITALISM
that the means of change, opportunity, equality An economic and political
production, distribution system in which a country’s
and exchange should be trade and industry are
THE CLASS SYSTEM controlled by private owners
owned or regulated by the
UPPER CLASS for profit rather than by the
community as a whole.
Inherited wealth state
MIDDLE CLASS ~ bourgeois
CRITIQUE OF 1912 Acquired wealth through owning
EDWARDIAN SOCIETY factories etc. MESSAGE TO 1945 POST
WORKING CLASS ~ proletariat WAR SOCIETY
Also known as lower class
capitalist
socialism do not be like 1912
arrogant
society
materialistic
commodification DATES
of women accept change unison
corrupt 14 Apr 1912 ~ Titanic sank 1918~women’s vote
middle class men choice for a better
no society
consequences, 1914-1918 ~ WW1 1939-1945~WW2
no selfish
punishment
equality economically
1917~Russian Revoulution
naive
economic exploitation care and compassion for each
JB Priestly fought in other
WW1 and escaped
inequality death many times community respect eachother
patriarchal
society financial disparity
between classes remember importance of
recover from the wars together community in the wars
P1
Calls
Simplified
, Abigail Caitlin Akpey
KEY THEMES
AN INSPECTOR CALLS Responsibility
Written in 1945 JB PRIESTLEY Social Class
(post WW1 & Born in 1894 Younger vs Older
WW2) Fought in WW1 Generation
Left-Winger, Socialist Gender
Set 1912 (before
sinking of Titanic & Lack of Equality
WW1) ZEITGEISTS Secrecy vs Truth
Performed 1st in 1912 : no change, satisfaction Conflict
Soviet Union 1945 with inequality from middle Time
class, capitalism, divide Selfishness
between classes.
SOCIALISM Tension
1945 : war spirit, society
A political and economic
acknowledge importance of
theory of social
organization which believes community, acceptance of CAPITALISM
that the means of change, opportunity, equality An economic and political
production, distribution system in which a country’s
and exchange should be trade and industry are
THE CLASS SYSTEM controlled by private owners
owned or regulated by the
UPPER CLASS for profit rather than by the
community as a whole.
Inherited wealth state
MIDDLE CLASS ~ bourgeois
CRITIQUE OF 1912 Acquired wealth through owning
EDWARDIAN SOCIETY factories etc. MESSAGE TO 1945 POST
WORKING CLASS ~ proletariat WAR SOCIETY
Also known as lower class
capitalist
socialism do not be like 1912
arrogant
society
materialistic
commodification DATES
of women accept change unison
corrupt 14 Apr 1912 ~ Titanic sank 1918~women’s vote
middle class men choice for a better
no society
consequences, 1914-1918 ~ WW1 1939-1945~WW2
no selfish
punishment
equality economically
1917~Russian Revoulution
naive
economic exploitation care and compassion for each
JB Priestly fought in other
WW1 and escaped
inequality death many times community respect eachother
patriarchal
society financial disparity
between classes remember importance of
recover from the wars together community in the wars
P1
