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             So in the case of Mr. Birling the Inspector dislikes his attitude towards social responsibility. This is because Mr. Birling is very certain on his views that every man should take care of himself. Whereas the Inspector believes passionately that every one is responsible for their actions and the consequences of those actions. So it is easy to see that there is an inherent bias on the Inspector's view of Mr. Birling's guilt, because they seem to be the complete opposite of each other.
             Even if the Inspector was not biased Birling does play a large part in the death of Eva Smith. He started off the chain of events leading to her death by unfairly sacking her from her job when she only asked for a pay rise of a few shillings per week. Even if this is not a crime in itself, and is plausible for any factory owner to dismiss workers for just cause, he shows no remorse for dismissing Eva even though it may have affected her suicide. Instead he tries to pass the fact off by saying, "If you don't come down sharply on some of these people they will soon be asking for the earth." However, this is not a perfectly plausible answer because as the Inspector points out, "It is better to ask for the earth than to take it." Soon after, Mr. Birling notices that the inspector has put him in an incriminating position. Because Birling is the kind of person who is used to getting his own way, he tries going on the offencive. He threatens the Inspector by saying he is a good friend of Chief Constable Colonel Roberts. This threat by association starts to show that the hardheaded businessman Mr. Birling is beginning to crack and has to resort to threats in order to get Inspector Goole off his back. This all helps to make Mr. Birling
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