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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Essay Comparing and Contrasting “Two Kinds” vs. “Blue Winds Dancing” While both of these stories have different themes regarding cultural issues‚ the characters involved similarly have their own reasons that compel them to oppose their individual situations. In Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” and in Tom Whitecloud’s “Blue Winds Dancing”‚ both narrators choose nonconformity regarding their unique situations‚ but have different motivations for doing so. In “Two Kinds”‚ the narrator struggles to be the ideal
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST “ODE TO THE WEST WIND” AND “ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE” “Ode to the West wind” and “Ode to a Nightingale” are two of the main representative poems of the second generation of the Romantic period. Even though Shelley and Keats literary works are both lyric poems they portray some similarities as well as differences. To begin with‚ both poems share a similar genre‚ form and theme. First‚ it can be mentioned that both are odes since they are short lyric poems that have a complicated
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The Wind in the Willows‚ by Kenneth Grahame‚ allegorically relates to the concept of a journey. Not only does this extract describe the arranging of a physical journey but also it illustrates different people’s connotations of and responses to the idea of a journey. This excerpt shows that The Wind in the Willows can be interpreted and enjoyed by children and also examined on a deeper level by adults. The author‚ Kenneth Grahame‚ has successfully conveyed the two possible levels by the development
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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 of Hillsboro
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producers battled with the Movie Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) over whether or not an actor should be allowed to say the quote stated earlier. MPPDA finally agreed to allow this line in Gone with the Wind (Thompson and Bordwell 198). If Gone with the Wind had not been approved to include the inappropriate word and instead had been forced to change it‚ the statement the film made here would not have been filled with so much emotion and passion. It also would not make such an
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William: the extraordinary boy who created “electric wind‚” is indeed quite the character. A poor child who was raised on a farm with little education‚ had a dream to make the lives of others easier and less expensive. He created an idea‚ and with a little bit of curiosity and science books‚ he was able to turn it into a reality. I had two goals: to remain in school and to build a bigger windmill to irrigate my family’s crops‚ so we’d never go hungry again (Kamkwamba and Mealer pg. 269). Throughout
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Hardy wrote ‘During Wind and Rain’ after the death of his first wife‚ Emma. Here‚ the poem provides various scenes that portray various seasonal activities done by possibly Emma and her family that spread over a number of years. However‚ the poem does contain examples of reversal; each stanza consisting of joyful images for the first five lines and the last two lines end with images relating to death that serves as a reminder that time will inevitably rob even our most cherished memories. The
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new religion‚ he or she may have a change in personality and start having beliefs in that taught religion. This could cause conflicts between the student and his or her parents who are very strict towards their religion. In the story of Inherit the Wind‚ the whole town of Hillsboro is full of corrupted minds because everyone in that town believes in the same stuff. They believe that the bible is always right‚ “I believe it is not boastful to say that I have studied the bible as much as any layman
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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. In the
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