An Inspector Calls - Mrs. Birling Essay -- English Literature

Diary Entry: An Inspector Calls Mrs. Birling Well tonight has been truly awful. After that lovely engagement dinner when we were all so happy too! I don’t believe they all gave up so easily, I was the only one who stood up to that Goole character. I knew he wasn’t a real inspector all along; no one on the police force would dare speak to our family in that impertinent manner! I hope this next inspector is at least not a fraud. I don’t believe that this time we shall give up so quickly they didn’t even know they were looking at the same girl for goodness sake, they just naturally assumed. I have a reputation to keep, can’t afford to be having policemen coming to question us at all hours. The real inspector should arrive soon; I don’t believe this wretched girl has anything to do with us but if it really the same one before I shall stand by my previous verdict. I did nothing wrong in turning her away, girls like her can’t be speaking to good women in that way, and it was a disgrace to our family name. Mrs. Birling indeed! We haven’t half learned a lot tonight though, w...