Ek Hornbeck Inherit The Wind Essay

Drummond- He really likes to win arguments and is very good at it. Hornbeck- He is very cynical of people and likes to criticize and make fun of everything.

Calvin Jarrett from Ordinary People and Henry Drummond from Inherit the Wind both possess qualities that are similar to my own. These characters have traits that are the most similar to me. Calvin and I both share the fact that we are devoted with our families and honest with others. Drummond and I are both compassionate with others and we are both intelligent. Unlike Calvin, I do not have a serious issue with a family member and when it comes to Henry Drummond, I am not very crafty or sly.

Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, the play Inherit the Wind is a fictitious spin off of the historical Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, which hotly debated the concept of evolutionism vs. creationism and, in general, a person’s right to think. Overall this play shows the growth of many different types of characters. One of these characters would be Rachel Brown, the reverend's’ daughter, as well as Bert Cates love interest. She is torn between her love for Bert and her loyalty to her father, the Reverend Jeremiah Brown. At the beginning of the play she fears her father and follows only what he says. As the play progresses Rachel becomes more confidant and starts to think for herself. By the end of the play she has created her own identity and completely separates herself from her father.

The play Inherit the Wind, was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual, John Scopes, in Dayton, Tennessee during the 1920’s. This famous “Monkey Trial” not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man, but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life.

Is there an issue in your community that is causing problems and making people's lives harder? For inspiration, let me tell you about some big community issues and the people who solved them. In the book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba, William finds a book about windmills and makes his own for his community helping to solve their water, electricity, and famine problems. In the book, Fever 1793, by Laurie Anderson, a doctor named Dr. Rush tries to save a patient and in the process discovers that the yellow fever virus is what is violently killing the people of Philadelphia. William Kamkwamba influenced events and impacted society with his ideas and by solving problems in his local community.

As a columnist, Hornbeck is quite blunt and straightforward about his opinions. His resentment towards the fundamentalists and his representation of the more progressive Northern America was obvious from the moment he entered Hillsboro, by the way he radiated an aura of superiority that was displayed through his sneers and unusually expensive clothing. Furthermore, he mocks the townspeople of Hillsboro for their naivety in believing in fundamentalism. He also continues to comment sarcastically on their ignorance

Throughout the book I felt connected to one character, that character was George. George and I share similar qualities and our lifestyles can relate. One major characteristic I found in George is his ability

Inherit the Wind is about a 24-year-old teacher named Bertram T. Cates, who is arrested for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution to his junior high-class. Some high-profile Hillsboro town’s people press charges and have Cates arrested for teaching evolutionism in a stringent Christian town. A famous lawyer named Henry Drummond defends him; while a fundamentalist politician Matthew Harrison Brady prosecutes. The story takes place in Hillsboro, which is a small town in Tennessee. Cates is merely trying to teach to his class that there is more to life than just what the Bible teaches. He is not trying to be nonreligious; rather he is just teaching his class to think outside the box. The town’s people think that Cates is trying to push

     Inherit the Wind, based on the famous “Scopes Monkey Trial” in the small town Dayton, Tennessee, was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The play was not intended to depict the actual history or the proceedings in the Scopes’ trial but it was used as a vehicle for exploring social anxiety and ant-intellectualism that existed in the Americas during the1950s. Lawrence and Lee wrote the play as a response to the threat to intellectual freedom presented by the anti-Communist hysteria of the McCarthy era. The major themes depicted in the Inherit the Wind include the intellectual curiosity, narrow-mindedness or limited perception, the importance of religion, and the relationship between the perception of

According to the cops, you were nothing but a no good hood they all knew was destined to die young and violent. None of those cops would think to charge a Soc with your death. They're too busy kissing up to their rich mommy and daddy's.

Have you ever read a book and felt like you connect to one of the characters? Have you ever had a dejú vu moment? Well, I have. While reading Wonder I connected to the character Jack, because he and I have similar personalities and we have been through similar situations.

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play Inherit the Wind exemplifies the eternal debate between the two sensitive subjects religion and science within the context of the “Scopes Trial”, bringing to light the internal conflict between firmly held belief and newfound contradictory evidence. Rather than eschewing this contentious topic the authors utilize the two most prominent characters in disagreement, Henry Drummond and Matthew Brady, to put forward ideas that are both enlightening and challenging to the common way of thinking at the time, effectively offering the reader the ability to recognize the importance of human thought and its ability to adapt to contemporary information.

The Wind in the Willows (published in 1908) by Kenneth Grahame is a children's fictional novel set in England during the early 20th century. This allegory from the stimulus booklet evokes feelings of magic and adventure but also feelings of reflection as we relate the actions of Ratty, Mole and Toad to our lives.Grahame evokes an imaginative journey within the mind of the reader as he questions "Which journey's do we take that we really want to experience?" Kenneth Grahame conveys this idea through Mole who is being forced to take Ratty's journey instead of his own. This text broadens our understanding of the world today in that it helps us to undertsand the complex interactions between people.

Comparison and contrast On my basketball team are two great individuals. They are best of friends and my friends. They are Lester and Aaron. They have been my friends since the very day I got to Lewis and Clark, and are both fun to be with.

The Way of the Wind by Amos Oz, is about a man named Shimshon Sheinbaum, and his view of his son, Gideon. Shimshon was a military, political, and social hero amongst his kibbutz. He is a founding father of the Hebrew Labor Movement. People in his kibbutz looked for him for guidance, because this man was in top physical and mental shape devoting all of his life to learning as much as necessary and the remainder to stay in peak shape. As one can imagine, he would expect the same of his son, and he does but his son isn't the same man as his father. His father didn't have someone else make a decision like that for him and he can't make that decision for Gideon. Shimshon, regardless how much he cared for his son, pushed him too far and had too