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In the play, "Inherit the Wind," what are the various techniques Drummond uses throughout the trial to undermine Brady's literal interpretation of the Bible, and how does Drummond humiliate Brady?
This sounds suspiciously like a homework assignment. Go to youtube and watch the key scenes, if you haven't read the play.
By the way, I don't think Drummond wants to "humiliate" Brady. In the script, it shows that they had, at one time, been good friends. What's more, Drummond doesn't really get many chances to humiliate OR undermine Brady until the climatic scene where, in desperation, since the court has excluded all of Drummond's expert witnesses, he calls Brady to the stand as an expert witness on the veracity of the Bible.
For my English Exam this year, we need to write a comparitive essay comparing the play Inherit the Wind and the Novel, Lord of the Flies. Can anyone help me make any comparisons between both literary works, whether similarities or differences? Do they share common themes or do the characters share certain traits? Any information would be helpful. Thanks:)
Inherit the wind is about whether or not to teach darwin science in school. There was a trial and the lawyers fought over Biblical scriptures. In Lord of the Flies kids are on an island and they are killing each other. It could be a survival of the fittest type of thing. Darwin taught survival of the fittest and in Lord of the Flies they are trying to live. Hope that helped!
The movie Inherit the wind is riddled with so many inaccurasies that an unsuspecting student will not be able to sort out real form fiction and it characatures the people of the town and Bryant very unfairly. When a teacher uses a show like this which is a major form of historical revisionism, how is it best used. Do teachers know of and point out the errors. I saw a DVD called Inherently Wind by Menton and was amazed how really really off the movie was in unfairly portraying the people and facts. What do you think?
Do history and literature teachers that use it have a profesisonal responsibility to use it as a device to show the historial revisionsism as it is basically a form of propaganda as it sands and would they even have the discernment to know? I owuld love to hear form teachers who use this mivie what they think
Interestingly, both Scopes and Darrow were treated extraordinarly kindly. Brant was a member of the national acadeny of science and head of the Democratic party for 30 years yet portrayed very unkindly. The town folk characatured as bigots and a fictional pastor who cursed his own daughter for speaking up for slopes (who in actuallity never taught evolution and was quite concered he would be found innocent although the ACLU prepped his students to testify they were taught) My guess is teachers are unaware fo how inaccurate the movie is
I'm not a teacher, but I have seen the DVD by David Menton you are referring to. I'm wondering if you picked that up at this past NEA convention? There was a booth there giving it away, I believe.
In any event, it goes to show that if something fits easily into your preconcieved viewpoints, you will blindly allow something to be true and influence your thinking.
Any Hollywood production is out to do one thing; make money, even if the people making the movie have no clue what the American people really want because they think their narrow-minded, wacko-left mindset is the majority of America.
And every once in a while, they are blinded by that mindset and put out an obviously innacurate account if it helps them take a few jabs at people they detest, like Christians.
You would think that people in our educational system would know this, but there are so many things that teachers (and people from all professions) just accept per instruction, without thinking or questioning why, or even if what they are upholding as right and true really is right and true. I think that any teacher that has this movie as part of their curriculum that had an open mind viewed this DVD, they would at least mention the historical innacuracies, and demystify this movie for their students.
Townspeople: [singing] We'll hang Bertram Cates to a sour apple tree, we'll hang Bertram Cates to a sour apple tree, we'll hang Bertram Cates to a sour apple tree. Our God is marching on! Glory Glory Hallelujah! Glory Glory Hallelujah! Glory Gory Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. We'll hang Henry Drummond to a sour apple tree, we'll hang Henry Drummond to a sour apple tree, we'll hang Henry Drummond to a sour apple tree, our God is marching on.
I asked this in education, but would like a religoius perspective and a scienticif perspective
The movie Inherit the wind is riddled with so many inaccurasies that an unsuspecting student will not be able to sort out real form fiction and it characatures the people of the town and Bryant very unfairly. When a teacher uses a show like this which is a major form of historical revisionism, how is it best used. Do teachers know of and point out the errors. I saw a DVD called Inherently Wind by Menton and was amazed how really really off the movie was in unfairly portraying the people and facts. What do you think?
Do history and literature teachers that use it have a profesisonal responsibility to use it as a device to show the historial revisionsism as it is basically a form of propaganda as it sands and would they even have the discernment to know? I would love to hear form teachers who use this movie what they think
regarding whether the play Inherit the wind is propoganda I really recommend the DVD Inherently wind by medical professor Menton from www.answersingenesis.org It's a real eye opener and happliy 2000 of these DVD were handed out at the NEA convention last month
no, i used the play to discuss the dramatic form, conflicts between characters and like that. no matter what it is based on, i teach it for its form, not as a propaganda tool for its message.