for what other people have to say and what he says must go.
             At the beginning of the story, Sheila shows similar characteristics of her father own. She seems very selfish and full of self-importance. An example of this behaviour, is shown when she gets Eva fired from her job, which was because she had laughed at her. She felt that she had felt a very high status in society, which gave her the power to be able to do this. This is where she shows the same attitude as her father, which changes later I the play.
             Mr Birling shown that he is a heartless business man, which again introduces the ideas of Mr Birlings first priority which is to make money shown by this quote If you don't come down sharp on some of these people, they'd soon be asking for the earth. He feels his business is so much more important than even just the opinions of his employees, who he clearly feels, do not have his knowledge of the business world.
             Mr Birling feels that he always knows what is best and the whole world must be stopped just for him when he has his opinion for example when Sheila receives her engagement ring from Gerald, she is very excited and all the attention goes to her, but he soon starts to draw attention to himself, by telling everyone about the Titanic, and how technology has advanced that he
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