Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

In conclusion, the play “Inherit the Wind” is strongly influenced by characters Bert Cates, Henry Drummond, and Mathew Harrison Brady. Bert Cates is first given the guts to stand up for what he believes in, and peruse it throughout all of its hardships. Second, Henry Drummond helps defend Cates, establishing the fact that he and everyone else has the right to think. Lastly, Mathew Harrison Brady, displays his opinion that there is only one

People are different in many ways. Ranging from colour of their skin to their ethnic backgrounds. How society copes with these differences is what defines prejudice and discrimination. Racism, social class and ethnicity have become a never ending cycle that begins to shape the opinions of how people treat one another. The novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini revolves around a society constructed around two socially diverse ethnic groups the Pashtuns who practice Sunni Islam and the Hazaras who follow Shia Islam. Throughout the novel The Kite Runner, a variety of characters have made decisions that affect the overall outcome of the novel which base around ethnicity, race and social class.

Throughout the twentieth century, numerous dramas that were written in the United States presented ideas and situations that had the purpose of changing a reader’s attitude towards a specific subject. This is the case of the play “Inherit the Wind”, a piece written by the playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Throughout the years, many literary scholars have argued whether or not “freedom of thought” has stood as a predominant theme in the play. While this issue may bring about countless debates, my respect towards others’ viewpoints has allowed me to pick a side and to defend it with textual evidence from the play itself. From my perspective, the main theme in Inherit the Wind is freedom of thought.

Every living thing on this planet has evolved from the same original specie. Having this information, could it not be concluded that all living things are, to some degree, related? Yes. To further explain, evolution is a theory that states that organisms have diversified or in other words, have changed into a more complex living thing. In the book Inherit The Wind, the townsfolk of the play disagree heavily with the theory of evolution. Common ancestry is the theory that states that all living things share a common ancestor or common descendent, which then ties into evolution. Speciation, both allopatric and parapatric, show evidence for common ancestry. Speciation is when new species arise due to an evolutionary process. There are multiple and observable accounts that are used to support the theory of common ancestry. Charles Darwin’s book, The Descent of Man And Selection in Relation to Sex, goes into specifics with these accounts with placental mammals. Placental mammals are mammals that nourish their embryos using the mother 's blood supply. Common Ancestry in placental mammals provides sufficient scientific evidence, such as the similarities in bone structures and genetic coding between animals, to support the theory of evolution.

During the final act of the play after Drummond officially loses the case, he stays in the courtroom to talk to Cates and some others. During this time Brady dies and Hornbeck starts saying rude things, “Why should we weep for him? He cried enough for himself… A Barnum-bunkum Bible-beating bastard” (Lawrence & Lee 125)! Hornbeck’s statements anger Drummond to his core. Angrily, Drummond responds, “you smart-aleck! You have no more right to spit on his religion than you have a right to spit on my religion! Or my lack of it” (Lawrence & Lee 125)! Then while arguing with Hornbeck, Drummond says, “Why? Because I refuse to erase a man's lifetime? I tell you Brady had the same right as Cates: the right to be wrong” (Lawrence & Lee 127)! These statements show that Drummond not only tolerates, but he respects Brady when faced with his

A major theme in Inherit The Wind is the freedom of thought. This is a very new principle in their time period and not a lot of people are ready accept it. The whole play is based on the fact that people cannot think in a new way. They were all taught from the Bible and that is the only way they may think. If they think in a different way there are serious consequences, such as jail time. This play challenges the old way of thinking with a new approach that leads to the trail of a school teacher.

“There is a way to be good again”(Hosseini,2). This thought represents the underlying message of the novel The Kite Runner, as author Khaled Hosseini tells a heartbreaking tale of a lifetime spent in the search of redemption for a “past of unatoned sins” (Hosseini, 1). Very often people undergo numerous internal conflicts throughout their lives, and they find that some of their problems change who they are as a person. Most people will not have the courage or the motivation to deal with and fix their problems, however, Khaled Hosseini’s novel inspires people to face and deal with internal conflicts. In the book The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir constantly struggles with guilt about his childhood mistakes and he finds it very hard to deal with them. The ending of The Kite Runner appropriately concludes the story because it portrays a journey of redemption for a childhood betrayal and ends with a hopeful message of new beginnings and freedom from past sins.

Charles Darwin once wrote “I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men,” a bold

Robert Penn Warren wrote “All the King 's Men” to showcase the reality of political life in early twentieth century. The reader is introduced to the narrator Jack Burden, a young political muckraker for Willie Stark, governor of an unnamed Southern state in the 1930s. The novel is about Willie 's rise to importance and transformation from a modest lawyer to a fiery manipulator who uses corrupt means in order to do well for the poor crowds of his state. It is also the story of Willie 's downfall and the complicated personal story of Jack as the latter comes to realize his responsibility for the world around him. The insight that this book gives on politician life’s can compare and contrast history events thought the different themes like visions of America, alcohol, politics, and education.

We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking- Joes Osteen. While many opportunities arise in life for many different individuals of very different backgrounds, people rarely accept their shovel to dig out of their hole. In Harper Lee’s novel to Kill a Mockingbird Bob Ewell is given many chances to pull himself and his family out of their elected squalor; however, being set in his ways he never took a leap into the above. Bob Ewell had many chances to rise out of social inequality and to free his family from their political bondage, although, he never took the chances to heart.

​In the novel, “The Kite Runner”, written by Khaled Hosseini, was taken place in Afghanistan during the 1970’s to the year of 2002. Many historical events happened during this time period and Hosseini portrayed it into his novel. Kabul, the capitol of Afghanistan, was a free, living area for many Afghanistan families to enjoy the life they were given. Until one day, Afghanistan was then taken over and attacked. In the novel, Amir, the protagonist, must redeem himself and the history behind his actions because of his past decisions and make himself good again for the Afghanistan people.

The world that one lives in is often filled with illusions meant to deter one from finding out the reality of things, and discerning the reality from it’s appearance is a very challenging thing for one to do. In the play Inherit the Wind, written by both Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, one of the most prominent themes is that one must look beyond the surface of others to seek the truth. Despite living in a world where hiding behind false facades is typical, it is not until one meets people like Henry Drummond, Reverend Jeremiah Brown, and Matthew Harrison Brady that one realizes how distorted the pretense is from the truth. First of all, Henry Drummond is a character who shows the city of Hillsborough and the reader that not everyone

Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner readers are interested to learn about the society in Afghanistan. The author wrote the book in a way that anyone of any age that reads it can relate to it. As an Afghan- American novelist, Hosseini’s language used in the book was understandable to both American and Afghan readers. The success of the book made it to the New York Times #1 top sellers best list in 2005 gaining more recognition for the book. The book has been making a tremendous amount of success by selling 70,000 copies of hardcover and in paperbacks with more than 1,250,000 were sold. “When Khaled Hosseini sat down to write “The Kite Runner,” he had no credentials as a writer”...(Guthmann).

father (secondhand book trader) takes son, Daniel Sempere, 10, to Cemetery of Forgotten Books, secret place where forgotten books are kept: tradition is to choose a book and ensure it is never forgotten: Daniel pick’s The Shadow of The Wind: author of book, Julian Carax is unknown

Today we call the English romantic period the time which took place between the metaphysical poets and the Victorian age. This period was born because it was hard for the laypeople to understand the great messages the metaphysical poets wrote down. We also should not forget this is the age of the Great French Revolution. A famous distinctive mark of romantic poems is the presence of nature. This is also the case with the poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley called Ode to the West Wind.