Eric Birling Inspector Calls Flashcards
1
Q
Description of Eric
A
“In his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive”
2
Q
Eric showing sympathy for the girls and disagreeing with his dad
A
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest
possible prices”
3
Q
Explaining that work is hard to get in this area
A
“it isn’t as if you can go and work somewhere else.”
4
Q
Eric saying that they could have kept the girl instead of throwing her back out
A
“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough
luck.
5
Q
Eric saying that he would have let the girl stay instead of kicking her out
A
“I’d have let her stay”