The focus of creationism versus evolution in the Scopes Monkey Trial shifts in its fictional representation written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind uses the Scopes Trial as a backdrop to project society into a town called Hillsboro. The singular perspective of this small town hinders its people’s freedom of thought and the town’s progress as a part of society. The people of Hillsboro base their actions on the idea that “faith is the most important thing” (Lawrence and Lee
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The way humans express themselves is through strong emotion that determines our personalities and how others perceive us. In Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ a schoolteacher by the name of Bertram Cates is accused of breaking the law by teaching evolution in a classroom. The defendant‚ Henry Drummond stands up for Cates in the famous Monkey Trial. By expressing his humor‚ persistence‚ and sarcasm‚ Drummond helps others learn about evolution and its contribution to society‚ even
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This Cynical Journalist Inherit the Wind is an intense drama written by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence based on the John Scopes trial of 1925. In this story‚ Bert Cates is put on trial for going against the Tennessee law prohibiting the Evolutionary theory of the creation of mankind being taught in schools. With the trial being held in Hillsboro‚ most of the people at the event were against Bert Cates with it being so unorthodox. Some people though‚ shared Bert Cates’s logic. E.K. Hornbeck‚ a
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talked about the Scopes Trial. The trial began on July 10‚ 1925. During this time period court trials would drag out and last months but this trial ended on July 21‚ 1925‚ lasting only eleven days. This was a very controversial topic at the time because the trial was about the teaching of evolution in schools. Importance - John Scopes was a high school teacher‚ charged for violating the law that banned the teaching of evolution in schools. This was an important trial because John Scopes and many scientists
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While many view the Scope’s Trial as merely a debate between creationists and evolutionists‚ it is far more complex than that. It has helped to reinforce stereotypes of both sides‚ shape how man is viewed‚ and led to a number of alterations in social and educational spheres. After the Butler Act was passed‚ the UCLA attempted to recruit teachers to take it to court in the hopes they would finally get their big break. A few citizens in Dayton Tennessee saw an advertisement in a newspaper and decided
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old and the new. The 1920s were a time of conflicting viewpoints between traditional behaviors and new and changing attitudes. New technology in the 1920s attributed to the change. Inventions such as the radio helped improve communication. Court trials‚ conventions‚ and meetings were broadcasted. Electrical appliances improved homes. In 1922‚ Sinclair Lewis wrote‚ "These standard advertised wares- toothpastes‚ socks‚ tires‚ cameras‚ instantaneous hot-water heaters were his symbols and proofs of
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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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people involved in the trial. They included John Scopes‚ William Jennings Bryan‚ and Clarence Darrow. They each played a very important role in the trial. Born in Kentucky in 1900‚ John Scopes was a science teacher in Tennessee. He became famous for going on trial for teaching evolution in 1925. Scopes was part of an American Civil Liberties Union attempt to challenge the state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution.He served as the defendant in the case. Scopes’s trial was a national sensation
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The Scopes Trial was the Tennessee legal case involving the teaching of evolution in public schools. A statute was passed (Mar.‚ 1925) in Tennessee that prohibited the teaching in public schools of theories contrary to accepted interpretation of the biblical account of human creation. John T. Scopes‚ a biology teacher‚ was tried (July‚ 1925) for teaching Darwinism in a Dayton‚ Tenn.‚ public school. Clarence Darrow was one of Scopes’s attorneys. Darrow argued that academic freedom was being violated
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The Scopes Trial is one of the most known trials in American history. It is one of the most known because it is the perfect example of the conflict between science and religion. In the summer of 1925‚ a high school biology teacher named John Scopes was on trial in Dayton‚ Tennessee for violating the law against the teaching of evolution. The prosecutor was a very famous attorney named William Jennings Bryan‚ who was a three-time Democratic presidential nominee. Clarence Darrow‚ who was agnostic‚
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