Often times when reading, characters will seem as if they've been plucked straight from the real world and thrust into the plot of a story. Inherit the Wind by Robert Lee is a novel adaptation of a play that was originally written in 1955. Inherit the Wind focuses on the predominantly devout Christian town—Hillsboro. Bertram Cates, a school teacher labeled as an "evolutionist," is being prosecuted by a well-known and beloved politician—Matthew Harrison Brady. Consequently, a quick-witted and intelligent lawyer—Henry Drummond—comes to town to defend Cates and "the right to think." After reading Robert Lee's novel adaptation of Inherit the Wind, it was evident Rachel Brown and I possess some similar qualities and traits. For example, neither of us like to go against the popular belief, we try to be open-minded, and we are put under an abundance of pressure from our parents and society. Rachel Brown, one of the main characters in Lee's Inherit the Wind, is Cates' close friend and colleague. Her father—Reverend Jeremiah Brown—loathes the idea of evolutionism and is the judge for Cates' case. Furthermore, he pressures his daughter into having the same views and principles as him. Rachel is also expected by the rest of her town to support their beliefs. Similarly, I also am heavily influenced by parental expectations. I am supposed to be polite, intelligent, and I should never disagree with my parents. Much like Rachel, I am pressured to conform to society by not asking questions and to go along with authority. Additionally, as a student, I am expected to fit into certain cliques or stereotypes; Almost all student are labeled as "jocks," "geeks," or "popular." Sadly, we live in a society that, like Rachel's, is very narrow-minded. Along with the idea of conformity, anyone who has a thought that strays from the norm is labeled as "stupid" or "weird." Throughout the book, Rachel had the most character progression. Initially, Rachel was too scared to go against her father than to defend her friend. She tells Drummond about a recurring dream she had, "But I was more scared of him [her father] than falling (Pg. 55)." Ultimately, Rachel apologizes to Cates after the case and finally forms a stance of her own on
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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.
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In the play “Inherit the Wind”, E.K Hornbeck, a newspaper columnist is presented as cynical and insolent. His character represents H. L. Mencken, a newspaper columnist for the Baltimore Sun that covered the Scopes trial.
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.
As probably the best courtroom dramas of the twentieth century, Inherit the Wind is based on the famous, Scopes Monkey Trial. The play was printed virtually thirty years afterward and takes original authority in varying the true-life elements of the court case. The central conflict of the play is based on the Scopes Monkey Trial itself. Several themes are presented throughout the play, for example when Brady argues for religious values while Drummond argues for natural values and freedom of thought. The definition of a theme is an implicit or recurrent idea. We also see a theme of man versus society, furthermore, Bertram Cates versus the small town of Hillsboro. A third theme is appearance
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
The essential theme expressed in Inherit the Wind is narrow mindedness vs. intellectual curiosity. As the play opens, the writers described the town of Hillsboro as being “visible always, looming there, as much on trial as the individual defendant ( p.3).” They go onto describing the courtroom with walls, in which the town square, shops, and streets were always visible. In making the town always visible, it is evident to the viewer that the court case is not just a question of disembodied ideas or legal principles. Instead, the play and the court case it dramatizes the mean to challenge an entire way of life and thinking embodied by Hillsboro, a small Southern American town. The writers zoomed in on the people residing in this town and revealed the homogenous nature. The citizens attend the same church, hold the same beliefs, and join together to condemn Cates, a man who dared to express an opinion different from theirs. Cates is a courageous and idealistic young teacher. He carries the natural tendencies of human nature-curiosity; thus he poses questions at which does not make sense.
Creationism or Evolutionism? God or Darwin? This is a topic that has been debated for many years. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee dared to search for the long-awaited answer. Lawrence and Lee wrote Inherit the Wind based off of the true events of the Scopes Monkey Trial. The authors used characters, such as Matthew Brady, Henry Drummond, and Reverend Brown, to develop a theme of an individual’s power to change society.
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In Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s tense drama, “Inherit the Wind”, three strong characters express powerful opinions: Bertrum Cates , Henry Drummond, and Mathew Harrison Brady. First, Bert Cates, the defendant, is charged with teaching “Darwinism” to his sophomore class . Second, Henry Drummond, the defense attorney for Cates, displays his beliefs of the right to think. third, Mathew Harrison Brady, the “big-shot” prosecuting attorney, illustrates his bigotry of creationism. To conclude, these three essential characters are fighting for their personal beliefs.
In churches, we see many religious leaders acting unchristian. Some of those leaders preach racism, violence, and discrimination. Some leaders choose to tell people how to live their life, but that lifestyle is not portrayed in the Bible. We see religious leaders become more unchristian when controversial topics are up for debate. We see pastors condemning people for their mistakes instead of trying to help them work through it.
Inherit the Wind was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. It tells the tale of a “Monkey Trial” based on what evolution really is to the people in the small town of Hillsboro, a biblical driven town with laws implemented to teaching the Bible, nothing else. The case presented both biological and biblical reference, while also presenting what ignorance and confidence could do to egotistical individuals. In this essay, we will dive into what I have learned from this experience.