... kept sailing toward the horizon; or the ostrich who, when confronted by an enemy or the unknown, buries its head in the sand thinking that the danger will just go away or that it ceases to exist. The source for the film's title was taken from Proverbs 11:29 in the bible and reads, "He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind," meaning that to question the bible is a sin ... . Throughout most of this country, it is widely accepted that all substantial theories of how the universe was created should be questioned. This film ... , the Scopes Trial, and the ruling in Kansas are con...

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... his difference in society. I'm still not sure whether he was for or against the evolution idea, but what I do know is that he didn't believe it was right to prosecute a man for having a different belief and I support him. Drummond, a hero to Inherit The Wind and a hero to society, is the main reason the play had the outcome it did. Without Drummond's confidence, and will to be fair ... , the trial of Bert Cates never would have been considered a victory. I believe that Drummond was the most influential character of this play and without him there would be no ... such book. After all it ...

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... Inherit the wind Although the battle between creationism and evolutionism triggered the trial in the play Inherit the Wind, as the trial goes on in the play it becomes clear that the conflict goes much further then these two concepts. Society at the time was being controlled by, religious, political and national forces. The battle between religion and evolutionism was only one of many struggles occurring. The authors of the play developed a series of opposites in the ... Drummond uses this to explain to Cates to search for the importance of truth and to expose people and ideas for what t...

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Inherit the Wind SUMMARY Inherit the Wind, published by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, is a dramatized account of an actualized trial called the Scopes "Monkey Trial". The play takes place during the hot July summer, in a small town named Hillsboro. In the first act, the major characters are introduced. Bertram Cates, a schoolteacher in Hillsboro, has taught his kids about Charles Darwin's Origins of the Species even though it's against the law to teach evolution ... attorney for Cates and also a former friend of Brady, comes into town unwanted and unwelcomed. He is described as "A viciou...

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Inherit the Wind is a dramatization of the challenge of thinking differently in a close-minded society. While a thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 Scope's Monkey Trial, the movie holds its own while being slightly overdramatic. A teacher is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, while being outlawed in the school system. Evolution, the theory that we all evolved to better adapt to our world is an unprecedented idea at the time ... of having different views has always been difficult, but with beliefs in how we came to be, its even more testing to speak out. Inherit the Wind is...

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... that states teaching evolution was illegal in public schools. The lawyers were the two most powerful figures in that time. In Inherit the Wind the teacher's name was changed to Bertram Cates, the prosecutor Matthew Harrison Brady, the defense attorney Henry Drummond. Brady tries to depict Cates as a person against the Bible and the church, out to poison the mind of children by filling their heads with godless ideas. Drummond simply ... presents the idea that the law is outdated, and the people should be granted the right to think and ... ...

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This film was created based on the book written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. It was directed by Stanley Kramer. It is based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. I watched this film in high school after I read the book. I found it very interesting and I remember watching it and the effect it had on me. Bertram Cates was behind bars, awaiting trial for teaching his students about Darwin's theory of evolution. Matthew Harrison Brady, who leads the prosecution, arrived to a warm welcome ...

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... right because they fear being discriminated against. Burt from "Inherit the Wind" surpasses the need to follow the same path and seize other ideas such as the scientific theory of evolution. This leads him into a "monkey trial". The townspeople of Hillsboro, Tennessee despite this idea of evolution because it does not follow the teachings of the Bible. They disapproved of the fact that fundamental ideas were being questioned. As a majority ... in to be "right", now was not, but they were still right because they had a majority on their side. The townspeople were ignorant, not allowing t...

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... ; another stronger and more bulky horses" the intermediate will be selected against and the extremes will prevail (112). The natural case study used was the beetle species of Madeira. Flying insects are often blown out to sea where they die. The individuals with the best chance of survival are those that have enlarged wings and can fly against the wind, or those that have "wings having ... of species A is only determined by the unpredictable laws of natural selection. Extinction does not need to be a catastrophic event and once it occurs, it is permanent. Another species may fill, at a ...

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