Inherit The Wind
The film "Inherit the wind" is about a young schoolteacher who dares to introduce his students to Darwin's theory of evolution in Hillsboro. Hillsboro is a small bible town whose citizens not only reject the evolutionist point of view but deny the existence of evolution itself. They have been taught that the universe and all it contains was created by God; that any other point of view is blasphemous. In Hillsboro, it is unlawful to teach other than what is in the bible. The people there are very old fashioned and not open to questioning what has been written. Thus, the story surrounds the trial of the State vs. a schoolteacher; evolution vs. creation; religion versus science.The film was originally written as a play in 1955 by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The focus of the story mirrors the events of what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial where Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan squared off in a small town to determine the guilt or innocence of a schoolteacher, Scopes, who attempted to teach evolution in his science class. The movie's characters are re
" The premise of the ruling was that since scientific method cannot be applied to evolution, that since it has never been observed and cannot be repeated, then it cannot be taught as science. In August, 1999, the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas handed down a ruling that deleted the teaching of evolution from their science curriculum. Although the story is fiction based loosely on fact, its premise still lives on today. Posted by CNN the article states, "The board's decision doesn't require the teaching of creationism, nor does it forbid the teaching of evolution. The specific curriculum is left to the local school boards -- and to the teachers who now find themselves with questions. The source for the film's title was taken from Proverbs 11:29 in the bible and reads, "He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind," meaning that to question the bible is a sin. This film, the Scopes Trial, and the ruling in Kansas are constant reminders that the pockets of ignorance and fear that pervade our society need to be dealt with and cannot be ignored. This kind of narrow-minded ignorance can be equated to Queen Isabella preventing Christopher Columbus from discovering that the world was not flat; that we would not fall off the planet if we kept sailing toward the horizon; or the ostrich who, when confronted by an enemy or the unknown, buries its head in the sand thinking that the danger will just go away or that it ceases to exist. The courtroom empties and the story ends. Throughout most of this country, it is widely accepted that all substantial theories of how the universe was created should be questioned. All are gathered in the courtroom, including the press, to attend what seems to be an open and shut case. There needs to be constant education in books, films and all media. The presiding judge, who happens to be running for political office and not wanting to rock the boat with the townspeople, easily disallows any and all witnesses presented by Drummond.
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