Inherit The Wind Analysis

I am a long-time teacher of Belle Chasse Primary School. I am writing to you concerning your son, Wind-Wolf. I understand that you have voiced concerns over our methods in teaching your son. However, I want to assure you that my major concern in helping your son, my student, Wind-Wolf.

The Divine Wind, written by Garry Disher, is a novel in which not only shows and describes the struggle of characters during World War II in Broome, Australia, but also the many aspects of prejudice which affect namingly Ida Penrose, Mitsy Sennosuke, and Magistrate Killian.

In No Promises in the Wind many people brought gifts to Josh and Joey, when they were on their journey. Some were actual gifts while others were not. Some were gifts that weren’t physical, they were figurative. Throughout the entire book, Josh and Joey made many friends, and with those friends came many gifts.

It is fascinating how two completely different books played a huge role in Inherit the Wind. The two books discussed in controversy were the Bible and Dawin’s Origin of Species. Right before the end of the play, Drummond holds both of these books. He weighs the Bible and Origin of Species as if his hands were scales, balancing them. Drummond ends up taking both books with them as he leaves. The significance of this last gesture is to show that the Bible and Darwin’s Origin of Species coincide with each other despite their contradictories. These two books played a huge role in the court trial, as the topic of evolution was being discussed. The argument of whether or not teaching the theory of evolution is considered an evil leads to the discussion

According to Valerie Tarico many sacred texts, including the Bible, “protect” parts of the Iron Age — when people, especially priests, used God’s name and the scripture as a way to endorse their impulses, temper, and sense of superiority. Brown, a perfect example to what Tarico was saying, was using the Bible as a way to fuel his aggression so that he would be able to show the town of Hillsboro that his way of thinking is exactly the same as their God’s way of thinking. Reverend Brown seems to want his town to stay in this state of ignorance and when people get out of line and try to change the perfect little bubble he had created for himself he exploded. His agitation increased as ideas that were different and unknown to Brown began to enter his town and when he exploded the agitation that was building inside of his is filtered through the religion he is a part

The freedom of thought and the concept of fundamentalism: these are the two sides of an age old dispute. For as long as anyone can remember, The Bible has fought a great war with the concepts presented by of modern science. With each year that passes, the case for both sides continue to grow, and at the heart of the Monkey Trial lies this very battle. While the trial itself can only be based on factual occurrences and the word of eye witnesses, a film based upon it can be left to the interpretation of its filmmakers, and their views on the particular subject matter. In the film Inherit the Wind, directed by Stanley Kramer, the filmmakers chose to advocate for the side supporting the freedom of thought.

When a cold front hits a warm front only two things can happen, a thunderstorm or a rainbow. That is exactly what happened in Hillsboro, two very different but deeply rooted ideas began to poke at each other and stir up the townspeople of this narrow minded town. As a result they struck down and cause disorder within their community. Because the two ideas in this scenario are like oil and water, they cannot get along together. Inherit the Wind proves that two very different human roots are difficult to co-exist in the narrow minded town of Hillsboro because of how they deal with controversy in their lives.

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s drama Inherit the Wind depicts the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial. It takes place in a small religious community where talking about evolution is against the law. A schoolteacher within the town had been caught teaching Darwinism to his science class, which drew attention from people all over the country. A famous lawyer named Henry Drummond arrived to defend him, while a man named Matthew Harrison Brady, a well-liked religious figure, visited to prosecute him. It could be argued that Brady possessed the traits of a tragic hero, which is a flawed character that suffers for his beliefs. Brady’s choices and ways make him fit the traits of a tragic hero.

Henry Norris Russel once said "Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe". Throughout history, people have argued about the origin of mankind and tried to explain the unexplainable through religion. These different views have caused segregation and disputes over what's right and wrong. Intolerance towards outcasts, and consequences of extreme fundamentalism are demonstrated in Inherit the Wind written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The central focus of the play is the trial of Bertram Cates, which debates the education of evolution. It reveals the importance of free-thought and the necessity for respect for views that differ from one's own. However, where there has been a disagreement about views, conflict has sparked. It is not possible for two different views of humankind's roots to exist side-by-side because non-conformity can provoke conflict.

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

	Brady and Drummond, two former partners, beginning their legal lives working together. Now each one strives to be superior, confident in their ways and beliefs, trying to out-do the other. Despite a common goal, the two gradually became very different people, as is evident in the play and movie,Inherit the Wind. Throughout the years, as each one fought cases, established a name for themselves, and gained popularity (or notoriety), they kept a careful watch on the other. Learning of the others triumphs, which pushed them to try even harder, become more set in their ways, believing that their heterogeneous beliefs were right, and that if they kept those beliefs the focus of their existence, they could eventually prove themselves

He like to use the Bible and the church to help promote himself in front of the others. The writers describe Brady as a large man who appears to be too self-confident, kindly and gracious. The writers show us that, through significant phrases that represent freedom of thought is that, he like to manipulate people like Rachel who is a friend from Cates and daughter of Reverend Brown. The writer present him as a very arrogant person on how he likes to use every opportunity to pontificate, to express his freedom of thought. He is positive that he is on the “right”

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind tells the incredible true story of William Kamkwamba and his quest to bring electricity to his poor town in Africa. Although many help him throughout his journey, William is the main character and main protagonist of the book. Throughout the novel, he reflects on his adventures leading up to his creation of a windmill that powers parts of the town. In order to accomplish such a feat, William had to be hardworking, mature, and creative. William exhibits all of these qualities and many more to prove that he is the best thing that happened to Malawi during his lifetime.

When the play comes to a close, the audience experiences a release of these emotions (catharsis). At the start of the play, Brady was a noble man who was always looked up to. After Brady introduced his name to the mayor, the mayor of Hillsboro pronounced Brady’s popularity saying, “Oh, I know. Everybody knows that. I had a speech of welcome ready, but somehow it didn’t seem necessary” (Lawrence and Lee 21). The mayor telling Brady how the popularity already knows Brady’s identity shows that he is respected throughout the city of Hillsboro. As Brady changes throughout the play, people start to look down on him. After he is humiliated at the trial, Brady shouts to his wife, “They’re laughing at me Mother!” (Lawrence and Lee 102). Brady changed from an influential person to someone who people looked down on in a blink of an eye. The change from being influential to being looked down on evokes fear towards the audience since this sudden transformation can happen to anyone. Because Brady was an influential man and didn’t deserve his fate, the audience also receives a sense of pity for Brady. Although Drummond was an enemy of Brady in the trial, he shows respect for Brady. When the judge reveals to the crowd that Brady has died, Drummond’s respect for Brady is portrayed when responding to the judge explaining that he “can’t imagine the world without Matthew

Disher demonstrates isolation of the ethnic groups and the regional and urban divide present in The Divine Wind through the beliefs, experiences, and values of the Killian family and Hartley Penrose. Both culturally and geographically isolated from the rest of Australia, the people of Northern and Central Australia, specifically Broome felt ignored, misunderstood, and misconstrued by the urban South. This is an ongoing theme in Australia. They resented interference from the federal government. The North feared invasion from Japanese and argued that Australia would perish if the North and the Centre were not populated and developed. Racism was intrinsic, with the Aborigines seen either as treacherous or lazy or as childlike and in need of protection. White Australians were the minority and their high statuses were a scant consolation when they were vastly outnumbered by a diverse range of cultures, the Japanese, Malays, and other South East Asians. Although, the minority, the white residents felt as if they had a power of the other ethnicities. Therefore, opening segregated cinemas, a Register of Aliens, and a clear but unofficial racial hierarchy. Their geographical isolation led to specific cultures, views, and beliefs on race. The regional and urban divide was evident when Jaimie Kilian’s wealthy urban family arrived in Broome. Jaimie felt entitled as his father was the new magistrate in town, he was arrogant and opinionated towards the regional community. When Hart offered his friendship, Kilian responded by saying “I don’t need any friends. “He walked as if he had owned the town.” Jamie enjoyed having an edge over Hart, he felt entitled as he was an urban elite. “Jamie was competitive. In almost everything you could name, Jamie was better than me…We were opposites.” Hart displayed what many felt about the new family from the Urban South. “I envied him, I was jealous, I pitied myself.”