There were many things that happened during the1920's. Some of them were inventions. Automobiles, clothes, war, and many more happened during this time. It was basically a time of change. One of the well-recorded documents in the 1920's was about the story of two lawyers fighting over the basis of ho man came to be upon the earth. This case came to be "the most explosive trial of the century". The name of the book is Inherit the Wind. There are two authors that wrote this book based on the actual trial. Their names are Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. What happened in their story is about a man teaching Biology. But he was arrested when he was heard teaching about evolution of Charles Darwin. I want to tell you some things about one of the lawyers; his name is Henry Drummond. Henry Drummond altogether is a very strong willed person.
Kelly as Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind (1960 film)
Henry Drummond (Tracy, left) and Matthew Harrison ...Henry Drummond is a very persuasive man. He may not be able to communicate well enough to people so that they side with him in the beginning, but in the end they are more than willing to be on his side. Here is something from the book that states that. "â¦and most of the crowd goes with him⦠(II, 2, 91). He has the power of speech and thought to turn one man against each other to get people's faith. Drummond is indeed, a brilliant orator. His words also have a big effect on the people. He is able to trap his opponenet into being confused with his concocted words. Such as, "Or ten million years!" (II, 2, 87). This quote causes the start of people siding with Drummond and not with Brady. But these are nothing compared to Henry's thoughts. He is able to determine what...
Inherit the Wind : Trial of the Century
This essay is flawed in several regards. First of all, it is wordy. The 768 words of this essay could easily be cut to 600 or even 500 while preserving every idea in the essay.
Secondly, this essay offers a profound misunderstanding of what it considers. "Inherit the Wind" is not a novel. It is a play. Further, it is not primarily fictional. Rather it is a dramatic recreation of the trial of John Scopes, a teacher in Tennessee arrest for teaching Darwinian evolution. Many of the characters portrayed in the play are fictionalized versions of the actual figures involved in that trial. Henry Drummond is a Clarence Darrow, then regarded as one of the nation's finest defense attorneys. Matthew Harrison Brady is William Jennings Bryan. The crucial courtroom scene is lifted whole cloth from the transcript of the actual trial.
Unfortunately, by failing to understand the historical background, this writer misses a great deal of the significance of what the play presents. Darrow and Bryan had been active in various causes for years. As younger men, they had even collaborated. As a presidential candidate in 1896, Bryan was a dynamic reformer, the silver tongued advocate of the Democratic/Populist movement, stirring the people with his brilliant oratory. By 1925, however, he had settled into bitter defense of prohibition and fundamentalist Christianity.
The writer also fails to note what prompted the authors to write this play: the McCarthyism of the 1950s.
In short, a wider understanding of this play would have made this a much better essay.
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