In Inherit The Wind‚ Bertram Cates was arrested for violating the Butler Act. Like John Scopes‚ a football coach and substitute teacher‚ he was also put on trial because of violating the Butler Act on July 10‚ 1925. The Butler Act is a law that prohibits a teacher from teaching evolution other than creationism. The theme of Inherit The Wind is the Importance of Freedom of Thought because everyone has different thoughts and ideas. Without a Freedom of Thought‚ there wouldn’t be any changes at all
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opinions‚ and to be open to all ideas (although many readers have different opinions as to what this is saying). Readers think this quote is true in books Fahrenheit 451‚ and Inherit the Wind‚ because in both of these books there are people who are not willing to listen to anyone’s opinion in exception to their own. Both Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert lee‚ and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury support the idea that in order to benefit ourselves‚ one must take the time to listen to what everyone
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Inherit the Wind midterm essay about the Inherit the Wind Trial: The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 was one of the most important parts in history. During the book Inherit the Wind there was a trial that showed two different sides. One person that was involved in the trial had gone against the law. One of the people involved in the trial was a school teacher named Cates. He went against the law which evolution was illegal. Brady was another person at the trial. Brady was supporting the other side which
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Angelica Mendoza May 20‚ 2013 For almost any situation in life‚ it’s important to make progress; rather than staying the same‚ which is an idea showed greatly in the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Throughout the play‚ Drummond‚ the defense lawyer‚ is defending Cates‚ a schoolteacher‚ who is accused of teaching Evolution in a public school‚ which is illegal at the time. Living in a town filled with extremely religious people‚ Cates and Drummond obviously know that
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examples of prejudice. Both Inherit the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird exhibit this bias. In the time period in which they were written (1950-1960)‚ prejudice was starting to be recognized and fought more. Although both works experience and overcome prejudice‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind focuses on discrimination against free thought and faith‚ whereas Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird condemns victims through racism along with ageism. Both Inherit the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Scope’s Trial – or Monkey Trial‚ was an infamous event that shed light on a very dark area in one of the world’s most controversial issues. In the play‚ Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ the authors attempt to fictionalize the court case to provide a very interesting view of the controversial event to their audience. Using certain rhetorical strategies such as appealing to their audience emotionally‚ along with many literary devices like diction‚ syntax‚ allusions‚ and subjectivity
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The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present photographer Nick Brandt’s newly released body of work‚ Inherit The Dust. The exhibition consists of large scale panoramas and coincides with the release of Brandt’s upcoming publication of the same title. For over ten years‚ Brandt had been photographing in East Africa‚ concluding three years ago with the photographic trilogy On The Earth‚ A Shadow Falls‚ Across The Ravaged Land. The highly acclaimed series became an elegy of sorts‚ an embodiment of
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their own responsibility and consequence. Bert Cates‚ from Jerome Lawrence’s Inherit the Wind‚ applies directly to this statement while Stephen Kumalo of Cry the Beloved Country and Caesar of Julius Caesar do not. Stephen Kumalo and Julius Caesar’s lives were drastically influenced by the choices of others‚ not their own. Bertram Cates‚ however‚ made his own decisions and influenced his life individually. In Inherit the Wind‚ Bert Cates illegally teaches evolution to his biology class. As a citizen
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WALL-E WALL-E is a very interesting‚ human-like character. He posses many qualities that can relate back to the human nature. Although WALL-E is a very old and dirty robot‚ left to clean up the trash on Earth‚ he has a sense of unique traits. WALL-E is funny‚ caring‚ and most definitely hard working. However‚ his most interesting quality is his will to love. WALL-E shows his abilities to love many times in the movie. At the beginning of the movie‚ it shows WALL-E listening to music and
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How do you think it would feel like to get sent off to a boarding school that felt like a prison by the person you adored most? Plus not even knowing who exactly who your parents are? In the book Inherit Midnight‚ Avery got sent to a boarding school called St. Fredrickson by her grandmother. She knows nothing about her mother and doesn’t remember her at all. Her father always promises to come to her grandmother’s parties to see her but‚ her never does. Avery tries to escape St. Fredricson and does
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