Inherit The Wind Sparknotes

Even though 12 people say you're wrong and you broke the law, millions of other people are standing behind you saying you won. In the book Inherit the wind a man of the name betts cates was against the whole world. The two side are fighting over if Evolution should be taught in the classroom.Cates shows that he helped the world against a law that really showed up the facts about the past. I even though he didn't win the case, he won by gaining millions of people support.

Bert cates a young man 24 years of age, is defending what he believes in. Bert believes that the world was made is millions of years, not just seven days. Bert believes that what hes has taught will help kids and people in the future. Berts lawyer Henry Drummond says " What jury? Twelve men? millions of people will say you won. They'll read in the papers tonight that you smashed a bad law. You made it a joke!" (Lee and Lawrence 122). Drummond is teying to say that even though you happened to lose the case you won everyone else in the world. They believe that what you did was right and kids should have a right to know what is true and what isn't.
Henry believes that the freedom of thought that become the freedom to be wrong and or change your mind.Drummond States "You Don't suppose this kind of thing is finished, do you? Tomorrow it'll be something else-and another fella will have to stand up. And you've helped give him the guts to do it!" (Lee Lawrence,123) Drummond is saying you are the bravest man. No one in the world would have the courage to do what you did. Bert cates carved a path for the future about teaching evolution in