... this movie live in a town by the name of Hillsboro. The people of this town believe in the creation of all living creatures by a heavenly being. The science teacher Bert Cates tries to open his student's minds to the possibility that there are other theories to the beginning of life other than creation by a greater being. Cates refuses to ... give up his belief, this is apparent when his fiancée Rachel Brown comes to him while he is in jail. Rachel ask Bert to tell them he was wrong and to apologize and Cates responds by saying " Tell them if they let my body out of jail, I'd lock up my...

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... develop a certain self-confidence and faith in himself that would defeat the opposing side. He chose to win from the opinions of others, not the outcome. In the trial of Bert Cates Drummond wanted to make a difference, and he did "he really did. He fought for fairness; he searched for the truth of our rights. The search for truth remains ... 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 mo...

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... a sin? In the bible, it also claims that one has the right to think, but they were not giving Burt that right. They were unwilling to see the possibilities and Bert and his beliefs in the theory of evolution being right because he was only one person and they were unwilling to take risks of a chance at being wrong, leaving them ... ...

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