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Essay / An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley - 1587
Who is to blame for the death of Eva Smith?IntroductionThis course focuses on how each character contributes to the suicide of a poor girl Eva Smith/Daisy Renton.Part 1Gerald Croft is a young businessman. He has a good stable job, a fiancée, a promising future and is financially stable. In "An Inspector Calls", Gerald is described as "an attractive guy, around thirty". His father owns a company called 'Crofts Limited', which is a friendly rival to Arthur Birling's 'Birling and Company', although Croft's business is both older and larger than Birling's. . Arthur is very happy about his daughter Sheila's engagement to Gerald, due to the possibility of the two companies merging, ultimately benefiting the Birlings' financial position and power. Although Gerald's parents are not as happy about the idea of their son marrying Sheila, as they feel that she is not good enough for Gerald. Part 2Gerald had met "Daisy Renton" at the stall bar at the Palace Variety Theater in March of the previous year. . He had noticed a girl who looked out of place and different from all the "hard-eyed, pasty-faced women" the bar is always full of, he was attracted to her "soft brown hair and his big dark eyes. . But the girl looked distressed, she made eye contact with Gerald, which he immediately understood as a cry for help. The girl's name was Eva Smith or her Gerald name "Daisy Renton". A beady-eyed old man, well known as a fraud of women in Brumley, was stalking Daisy and she found herself trapped. Gerald took it upon himself to help the young girl. He approached the old man and told him that the director had an urgent message for him. As the old man left Daisy, Gerald offered to take her somewhere a little quieter and so he took her to the "Country Hotel" where they had a drink. and talked a bit, planning to meet again two nights later. During their second meeting, Gerald bought Daisy a meal and they got to know each other better. That's when he discovers that Daisy is penniless, unemployed, and was about to be kicked out of the market. room she lives in because she couldn't pay her rent. At that point, Gerald generously offered her accommodation and money, which she accepted..