Eva Smith lead a very traumatic adulthood because of the constant catastrophes she has encountered. There have been a number of people who have contributed to Eva Smiths emotionally affected life up to the point where she committed suicide. Arthur Birling was a rich man and only seemed to care about his family and how well his business was progressing, in other words how much money he was earning. He didn't care about any of …showed first 75 words of 1663 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1663 total…refused her help when she needed it the most. Also Mr. Birling and Mrs. Birling are the parents of Sheila and Eric, so that's where Sheila and Eric probably get their pride, jealousy and stubbornness helped a young girl to commit suicide. I am not saying that Eric and Gerald didn't have anything to do with her death as they contributed but I think that those three hold a little more guilt than others do.