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On the impressionability of youth In the play, "An inspector calls", by J.B Priestly a main theme is the impressionability of the young. I felt that this theme merited more investigation. The inspector says in act 2 that young people are "more impressionable.". The best example of this is Sheila Birling. She is the eldest of the two Birling children. Sheila’s views on morality and responsibility redefined by the end of the play because …

…by selfishness instead "I was almost certain for a knighthood." Said Mr Birling in act three, he was so obsessed with his Knighthood that he couldn’t see what was really happening all around him.Whe the inspector said that the young were "more impressionable" I think he meant that they were open to new ideas, able to change their views, unlike their parents. In that there is hope for the youth like Sheila Birling.