Brady Inherit The Wind

Evolution, the belief that all humans were made from earlier forms of history in the Earth that leaves people in a true controversy over what to believe. Inherit The Wind is a play revolving the Scopes Monkey Trial, where a school teacher, Bertram Cates, taught evolutionism to his students without being allowed. He is then accused and brought to trial where many people come to join in the fight. Brady, a lawyer, has the job in the play to prosecute this “lawbreaker” while putting up a strong personality. With many obstacles in the play he puts up a hard fight and wins the trial proving Cates guilty. The character of Brady progresses Lawrence and Lee’s message in Inherit The Wind of what people say matters because of his popularity he portrays
At the start of the trial countless voices are filling the room when Brady, making a joke, wants to release clothing stating that the temperature is 97 degrees within the courtroom. This remark leads into the narrator announcing, “There is laughter. BRADY basks in the warmth of his popularity” (Lawrence and Lee 39). Brady’s popularity is directly identified through this line displaying the multiple of people listening to Brady with laughter. What he says matters to the town of Hillsboro, he’s the true leader in and out of the courtroom which could affect him severely if he says something to dismay the town. Being popular, just like Brady, leaves majority of power on someone because they have to make everyone happy, be a role model, and do what they say they are going to do. Making just one mistake by saying something that shouldn’t have been said could create a betrayal by huge amounts of people. Many people follow Brady as a person to look up to, for example, in the play as Reverend Brown goes into a hysterical prayer to the Lord to kill Cates, Brady contradicts saying God forgives all of his children, leaving the townspeople to leave, as the narrator confirms, “Slowly the townspeople move off, singing and humming, ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’” (Lawrence and Lee 67). The song was shown as a symbol of freedom and agreement in Brady’s remark, providing evidence to oversee
Entering the town where the trial is taking place, Brady gets a warm welcome from a large crowd in a fervent parade. Brady steps up onto the stage, professionally, and says, “Friends-and I can see most of you are my friends, from the way you have decked out your beautiful city of Hillsboro” (Lawrence and Lee 19). Just by walking through the town, Brady already has self assurance that most everyone are his friends and most likely they will fall in agreement with him around the case of Bertram Cates. Propounding his voice in a way of confidence, it changes the way people will join together in the courtroom in a manner that Brady will win. Already opposing that everyone is his friends, Brady now has to be careful of not messing everything up. Showing confidence in his speech to the town of Hillsboro means the world because they already have an idea what points are going to be made and who will have the better argument. As the conflict rises between Drummond and Brady, questions are asked to investigate the readings from Origin of Species. Brady admitting that he has never read the book nastily provokes, “I am not in the least interested in the pagan hypothesis of that book” (Lawrence and Lee 86). With such a sarcastic tone, Brady surprises all faces in the courtroom by what he had just said. Perfectly describing the theme, what people say