Religion In Inherit The Wind

Whether you are a believer in the Bible, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, or both. Inherit the Wind is a play that expands on the importance of being able to accept both in society. Bertram Cates was a teacher of Hillsboro, Tennessee, who was arrested for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution to his biology class. Anything that is said against the creation of man and the Bible was considered a crime. The prosecutor of the case was Matthew Harrison Brady, a beloved politician and religion enthusiast. Mr. Brady had a variety of characteristics, positive and negative ones, which greatly influenced the outcome of the case. He can efficiently manipulate and influence the opinions of others, he was overconfident, and ignorant. Despite these inferior

Defined as a complete trust in people, faith prevails as an essential quality for the development of interpersonal and personal connections. Accordingly, John Brehm, author of “Sea of Faith,” illustrates a scholar experience in a freshman class. A teacher, which the reader implies as Brehm himself, becomes irritated at the lack of knowledge in his students at such a simple topic: figurative language. Disgruntled at the question he begins to examine the significance behind it. Ultimately, after self-examination, he comes to understand the young lady who posed the question that annoyed him (1000). Through the use of literary devices such as personification, tone, and comparison: the author illustrates the changing perspective and ultimate connection the teacher makes with the students as he realizes the positivity that arises from faith.

The descriptive imagery that is perpetually represented throughout the poem allows the reader to enter Hayes’s mind. In “Wind in a Box” Hayes explains how people are trapped in a box and must break free. This box that we are incarcerated in restricts us from becoming as enlightened as possible. Furthermore, wind can be light or heavy, but as free and natural as possible. Wind cannot be controlled but it’s a controlled element itself which represents the freedom that people should possess. People are born in this box, which represents everything that the reader listens to that controls them. For example, listening to the media and accepting it without question could throw people deeper into the box that is meant to contain them. To break free, one must research their information and gain an independent mind and with this one will gain individuality. Furthermore, Hayes speaks of completely loving a women in his poem. This reflects back on being free of one’s containment. By having inner freedom only then can one fully love and appreciate another person. Hayes explains this in his story and continues to represent his passionate love for this woman. At last, the main objective that the reader should learn is that they must acquire individuality and independence to escape from the box that places restrictions on their

After experiencing life similar to hell on earth for nearly a year very few people could truthfully say that their faith is unscathed. Even in the modern world, people who have not been starved and pushed to work beyond their limits find themselves questioning whether or not there is a god, and if he is a just one. Throughout Night, a Holocaust memoir, it is shown that faith does not only refer to religion, but also the belief that humanity is sympathetic and warm-hearted. Elie Wiesel, author of Night, demonstrates how he loses his faith and watches those around him lose their confidence in God, and each other. Wiesel shares his thoughts with the readers writing how from a very young age he believed profoundly yet within a few months Wiesel finds himself questioning “Where is God?” (61). Loss of faith only propels Wiesel to find the strength within himself to persevere until his day of liberation.

In Ayn Rand's Anthem and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four it shows how ignorance can be more or just as powerful as knowledge. In Anthem it shows exactly how powerful knowledge can be. On the other hand, in Nineteen Eighty-Four it shows how sometimes it doesn’t matter how much knowledge is known, rather how ignorant you choose to be.

The play Inherit the Wind, was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual, John Scopes, in Dayton, Tennessee during the 1920’s. This famous “Monkey Trial” not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man, but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life.

A novel that’s rich in life lessons, the secular aromas that you take in challenging its rational purpose. “Antonio. Always have the strength to

During the Great Awakening, "religious conflicts divided families, split churches, and fragmented communities, forever altering the religious landscape of colonial America" (Keene, 77). Ministers such as Gilbert Tennent and Jonathan Edwards were leaders of this movement. They believed the only way to reach salvation was by accepting the reality of a sin and opening your heart to grace. Rather than "ministers preaching an empty, dead form of religion" (Keene, 77). To convey this message to his parishioners, "Edwards compared their fate to that of a spider dangling above the pit of eternal damnation, with only God's mercy preventing them from falling in" (Keene, 78). Edward's revival in Massachusetts inspired George Whitefield, an English

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.

We as humans tend to have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. We look for knowledge about everybody and everything that surrounds us from our day-to-day life. Sadly though, we must accept that in the grand scheme of life we (as a society) tend to put pleasure above our quest for knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge tends to take time and energy, two things we call invaluable, and it also shows us things that might depress us. Contrastingly, ignorance takes no time and energy. Also, (as the common saying goes) ignorance is bliss. It keeps ugly truths away from us. But that is no reason to forsake knowledge for ignorance. In the early 1900’s, two books were published that would eventually be referred to the pinnacle of classical literature.

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.

She claims a thought has to be born but “bad or good, it does not make a difference” (Lawrence 77). Applicable throughout the novel Darwin’s proposition was necessarry for the “advance of man’s knowledge” despite having a negative connotation at first (Lawrence 59). Without the birth of Darwin’s proposition the advance of man’s knowledge into the world of science plausibly could still be infinitesimal. It is not the importance placed on the Bible that drove humans to further advancement, but it is rather the sancity placed on knowledge that has done

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.

Humanity revolves around the basis of one concept: knowledge. The acquisition of knowledge has driven humanity’s progress and will continue to propel man into new heights. There comes a point where the want for knowledge becomes dangerous. The novelette, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tells the tale of a man meddling in the affairs of another, who dwells in macabre, in order to gain insight. Man lives for knowledge, but sometimes it is that knowledge that quenches man’s ability to live.

Human history is marked by discovery and change, either challenging, or affirming our perceptions, confronting and changing our views as new light is shed on our perceptions of the world. Bryson’s ‘A short history of nearly everything’, Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ and Graeme Manson’s ‘Orphan Black’ all accept the potentially destructive implications of scientific or subjective discovery in process and result. As such, it affirms their transformative possibilities of discovery and gently oppose us if we are willing to lay aside our assumptions or our entrenched world views.