Mr Birling As A Man Who Cares About Only Himself And His Family

Question 1

Ts1: Mr B fails to accept social responsibility for others.

Answer 1

‘A hoax… the whole things different now’
‘There’ll be a public scandal’
‘Crank’

Question 2

Ts2: Mr B projects his views onto the rest of the family showing his selfishness.
Or
Mr b= capitalist individualism showing his selfishness

Answer 2

‘A man has to look after himself’

‘Like bees in a hive’

Question 3

Ts3: Mr B illustrates the class prejudice prevalent in the Edwardian era, reflecting how he only cares about himself as he does not view lower classes as equals.

Answer 3

‘She’d had a lot to say… she had to go’
‘If you don’t come down sharply on these people… they’d be asking for the Earth’
‘Get into trouble? Go on the streets?’

Question 4

Topic sentences:

Answer 4

Ts1: fails to accept social responsibility.
Ts2: projects his views onto rest of family showing how he only cares about himself
Ts3: class prejudice showing how he only cares about himself as he does not view lower classes as equal.

Question 5

Where to find quotes analysis:

Answer 5

Find it on ‘Mr Birling’