Yesterday, Eva Smith died. She was dead in a hospital by the result of drinking disinfectant. The authority of social standings has caused another regrettable death. It was an innocent death, which should not have occurred. Eva Smith, the victim of this incident, was one of three who fought for a raise in Mr. Birling’s factory two years ago. The fact was that she had to retreat and end with her dismissal due to her low social standing. Subsequently, she had another change to achieve her life in Milwards. She has dreamed about her future there, but her misfortune did not leave her. She was fired again from her work, and the assailant was another member of Birling family. Ms. Sheila Birling, the daughter of Mr. Birling, currently feels sorry
Lily is thinking “how much older fourteen had made [her]. In the space of a few hours [she’d] become forty years old.” She makes this connection after she realizes that maybe her mother's death could have not been her fault and that it could have been T. Ray’s and he was punishing her for it. This caused Lily to pack “...5 pairs of shorts, tops, ... shampoo, toothpaste...” $38 and a map (41-42). By doing this, it made her feel like she had aged, feeling like a 40 year old.
So what can go wrong with a long so strong, a hold you so tight, a night so calm
The concept for this script, in its simplicity, was wildly creative and holds true to the popular phrase, “be careful what you wish for.” The writer really did a great job of keep the reader engaged in the narrative with the unpredictability of the wishes and the Josie’s escalated involvement with Stan’s character.
Everything was going great at Oakville farm, I mean everything was normal and okay how it should be if you don’t count that the fact Donna came home late last night. She came home around two or three o’clock in the morning when it was pitch black outside, and believe me this isn’t the first time it ever happened either, maybe it’s not that big of a deal to you but to me it is, Donna here is the farmer’s daughter. While Mr. Salem is away she’s the one in charge of us,and because she’s the one in charge of us we haven't eaten in two days! Mr. Salem always made sure we were cared for, and was handled with love but , Donna on the other hand she just doesn’t care. There’s a lot of us here on the farm, we have a variety of animals here like horses,
Ruth is a black slave employed by white loyalists, along with her sister, Isabel. When Ruth does not understand why they face social injustice, she turns to her sister to help her. Ruth laughs at her master, which is prohibited. Ruth’s master, Madam, then turns to beat Ruth, but instead Isabel takes the beating, “Craaack! Lightning struck from a blue sky; Madam slapped my face so hard it near threw me to the ground” (Anderson 33). When Ruth laughs at her master, her master gets extremely upset. Ruth turns to Isabel out of confusion and the master beats Isabel instead, who willingly takes the blame for her loved one. The only reason that her master can beat the girls is because they are black. This is socially unjust because Ruth and Isabel are being discriminated against just because of their race. Furthermore, when Ruth has a seizure, as she is doing chores for her master, her master comes to the conclusion that she is possessed and starts to beat her. Ruth turns to Isabel, and Isabel reacts by protecting her, “I threw myself on top of my sister. The broom came down on my back, once, twice, but it didn’t matter. I had to keep her safe until the storm passed” (Anderson 94). Ruth looks to her sister, Isabel, during times of social injustice. This is because her master is allowed to beat Ruth just because she is black, which is unjust. Isabel
Since a child, Stargirl had always seemed a bit… off. Her parents seemed to adore her weirdness, they even seemed to encourage it at times. To demonstrate, her parents called her Pocketmouse. They used it to so much that even she started referring to herself as Pocketmouse instead of Susan. But did her parents ever do anything about it? Of course not. She kept the nickname, until she changed it to Mudpie. Then Hullygully. And then Stargirl. But at the time, I knew her as Mudpie.
Go on the streets?" Mr Birling assumes that working class woman, like Eva Smith, get into trouble regularly, and if they are fired, they turn to prostitution quickly. This shows that the attitudes are totally different between upper class and working class women. Working class women are seen as easy virtue, and whores, whilst the upper class 'virgin maidens' are almost untouchable in their purity.
In 1912, women still didn’t have the right to vote (this would come four years later). This was merely one of the inequalities women had in society at this time. Another inequality between genders was their wages. Even in 2015, men, on average, earn around 9.4% more than women. This is nothing however compared to the gap in 1912. The reason Mr Birling’s factories didn’t have any men working their, just “girls”, was because it was a huge amount cheaper to employ women. Women worked at rates so low, they could barely feed themselves let alone a family. Eva was one of these “girls” and because she needed more money, she decided to ask for more. Mr Birling “refused, of course”. This shows to the audience that in 1912 British society, there wasn’t just a class gap in equality, but a gender gap as
A woman in the workplace was common but they did not receive the pay they deserved. Often, a woman’s job was the same as the previous male, but they did these jobs for 53% of the male’s pay. (Tolman) Eventually many woman and men went on strike demanding equal pay.
This film is based on the real life story of Crystal Lee Sutton and her involvement with Ruben Warshovsky and the organization of the textile workers at the J.P. Stevens Company in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (Labor Films). Sally Field plays the lead role of Norma Rae (Crystal Lee Sutton) fighting poor working conditions at O. P. Henley Company in 1978. This company is a southern textile mill, working with a union organizer to overcome pressure from management, implied dangers, and the struggle to organize her fellow employees. Although, the film is very entertaining, there are many examples of labor and management interactions including unfair labor practices by management, unfair labor practices by the union, and the procedural process of unionization process.
“Straining his eyes, he saw the lean figure of General Zaroff. Then... everything went dark. Maggie woke up in her bed. “Finally woke up from that nightmare. Man… I miss my brother. Who was that person that my brother wanted to kill?” she looks at the clock and its 9:15am “Crap I’m late for work!” Maggie got in her car and drove to the hospital for work.
We gain the feeling that Mr Birling cares very little for his staff, and in fact didn’t associate himself much with many of his employees, as he gladly says, “I have a couple of hundred workers under me, who keep changing”. Mr Birling showed no personal feelings for any of the staff working under his name. Eva Smith was struggling financially at the time and felt that the company in which she was working for gave very little and so decided that a strike should take place, as a result of the strike she, unfortunately, was fired. Mr Birling exclaims, “In spite of what happened to the girl since, I consider I did my duty”. Here, ‘I did my duty’ gives the impression that he is very a cold-hearted character, refusing to treat Eva with any respect or take moral responsibility for her and limiting her prospects. When being interviewed by the inspector he always wanted to remain in control of the situation wanting people to see things from his perspective. We sense Mr Birling doesn’t like to be asked too many questions and so he threatens the Inspector by saying, “Perhaps I ought to warn you that he is an old friend of mine (Referring to the Chief Constable)”. Despite the Inspector trying his absolute best to try to allow Mr Birling to understand his actions he seems to be very abrupt and firm and shows no regret for firing Eva
I, Eliza Wishart am here today to respond to everyone’s confusion over my own house being alit on fire. Up until now I have felt no need at all to confirm or deny any of the accusations or rumours made. However, I am here today to clear my conscious and help the town of Corrigan understand what happened behind the scenes at the disastrous time my sister, Laura Wishart, was found dead and why my house was set a flame.
The people in this community would care less if someone died right in front of them. For example, when the babies were little they used to give them shocks if they were from the low class. They gave shocks to the little babies who were playing in the rose so that for the rest of their lives, they would be scared of something like that. “They’ll grow up with what psychologists used to.safe from books and botany all their lives.” (22)....
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