The play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee took place in the small town of Hilsboro. This play is about a trial over Evolutionism vs. Creationism. Cates, the defendant went against the beliefs of the people in Hilsboro and is being punished for it.
             At the town school, Cates was teaching his Science class. He read Darwin's Origins of Species to his class. Even though it is against the law, Cates feels that he did no wrong. When Rachel tells Cates that everybody believes that he did a bad thing, Cates responds with, "It isn't as simple as that. Good or bad, black or white, night or day. Do you know, at the top of the world the twilight is six months long"(9). In this he is meaning that just because a couple of people think he is wrong it does not mean that he is.
             During the trial a young boy from Cates' class is called to the stand. After Brady questions the boy about what he was told the day Cates' read about Darwin, he continues by saying, "these Bible-haters, these Evil-utionists, are brewers of poison. I tell you, if this law is not upheld, this boy will become one of a generation, shorn of its faith by the teaching of Godless science! But if the full penalty of the law is meted out to Bertram Cates, the faithful the whole world over, who are watching us here, and listening to out every word, will call this courtroom blessed"(70). Brady is trying to persuade the jury and everyone else in the room that Cates is evil for what he taught his class. He is also trying to make them think that if it continues to be taught the generations to come will all turn away from the word of God and in his opinion they will be evil.
             Drummond, Cates' lawyer, disagrees with Brady. He feels that everyone "has the right to think"(71). The judge tells Drummond that "the right to t
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