Mr Birling then makes a speech saying that it is every man for himself in this world. And we men have to look out for each other. He says, "Man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family of course. When he was one - and do long as he does that he won't come to much harm".
At this point you hear a sharp ring on the door bell. The servant walks into the dinning room and says, "Please an inspector called". Mr Birling tells her to send him in.
The writer shows a lot of tension hear, about how the cast are feeling, they must be wondering why he was here and why it was so important.
Then in walks the inspector Edna (servant) introduces him as inspector Goole. The inspector is not a big man but he creates at once a sense of massiveness, solidarity and purposefulness. He is man possibly in his lat fifty's, dressed in a plain dark suit of the period.
He speaks carefully, weightlessly and has a habit of looking hard at a person before he addresses them with speech. The inspector introduces himself and then sits down. I think that the inspector is the main character in this play; he creates the most dramatic tension with everything that he does, and he will only address one person at a time.
The inspector goes straight to Mr Birling addressing him before any one else in the room as if he knows exactly what he is looking for and exactly where to look for his answers. He shows Mr Birling a photograph of a young girl names Eva Smith that committed suicide, the inspector did not let anyone else see this picture. Eric says, "Any particular reason why I shouldn't be allowed to see this photo inspector?" The inspector simply reply's, "there might be". This is strange to Eric, why can't they all see the photograph?.
Mr Birling explains to the inspector that he knew this young girl from his work place, and that one day she along with the other working staff asked for a pay rise, "She had far too much to say that girl, so I fired her".
