Themes quotes

Capitalism vs Socialism

t l s b p a i u t i a, t i s b b a h

w a m o o b, w a r f e o

• a m h t m h o w

h-l, p

• c a o a i o m, s a p

“the lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, then it should be brighter and harder” 

“we are members of one body, we are responsible for each other” 

• “a man has to make his own way”

“Heavy-looking”, “portentous” 

• “creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness”

Class

t s b a f t e

• i b t a f t w t t t i

s c f a o c f… a s i o n

s w c e f f a s t w s a i a g i h p

i d s f a m t w c u w t g c s. G o t c

y m t t b u a k o w b u a t g

• y s t d i h f

“they’d soon be asking for the earth” 

• ‘it’s better to ask for the world than to take it’

‘She comes from an old country family... and so it’s only natural’ 

"She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position." 

“I don’t suppose for a moment that we can understand why this girl committed suicide. Girls of that class..." 

“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl” 

• ‘You slammed the door in her face

Exploitation

f l c a h p

i g’ ‘b a o t m i p i h l

p a a g s

• a i s w a a, a t, n a p

‘For lower costs and higher prices’ 

‘Intensely grateful’, ‘became at once the most important person in her life’ 

‘Pretty and a good sport’ 

• ‘as if she was an animal, a thing, not a person’

Gender

w a p a ‘e

• m s w s s l, b i d t i m

a i s w a a, t, n a p

• w a m o o b

i h t h-e d-f w

• i p - y

m w i w t d

• y h t g u t t, j a i d

t g a c l - t p

“Women are potty about ‘em” 

• ‘Mother said we shouldn’t stay long, but I don’t think it matters’ 

“As if she was an animal, thing, not a person” 

• ‘we are members of one body’

“I hate these hard-eyed dough-faced women” 

• ‘if possible – yes'.

“Men with important work to do” 

• ‘you’ll have to get used to that, just as I did’

“These girls aren’t cheap labour – they're people” 

Generational Gap

‘f t w y c t, y m b w t h h i o u’

• ‘i c a a r’

‘y o’ are ‘m i’

• ‘r a p i’, ‘m a r d’

• ‘i m a d o a l’

‘y p, j l t t - a r w i t y n’

• ‘w s t t f h w?’

‘t g a c l - t p’

“From the way you children talk, you might be wanting to help him instead of us” 

• ‘I can’t accept any responsibility’

“Young ones” are “more impressionable” 

• ‘really a police inspector’, 'make any real difference’

• ‘it matters a devil of a lot

“Young people, just listen to this – and remember what I'm telling you now” 

“And as you were saying, Dad, a man has to look after himself” 

• ‘why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?’

“These girls aren’t cheap labour – they're people” 

Social responsibility

'o i h n w t d w t w g s’

• t y a

• i c a a r

h c i k w w h a?

• p b u w k h

w d l a. w a m o o b. w a r f e o

• i m w n l t l, t t w b t i i f a b a a

‘Obviously it has nothing whatever to do with the wretched girl’s suicide’ 

• ‘two years ago

• ‘I can’t accept any responsibility’

‘How could I know what would happen afterwards?’ 

• ‘Probably between us we killed her’

'We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other' 

• ‘If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish’

Wealth & materialism

n i r f e

• l c a h p

s w t-f s a w i o t-t a s. y m h p a h p f t

i o g h e m t k h g

‘Now I really feel engaged’ 

• ‘lower costs and higher prices.

'She wanted twenty-five shillings a week instead of twenty-two and sixpence. You made her pay a heavy price for that’

“Insisted on giving her enough money to keep her going”