Compare And Contrast Inherit The Wind And Scopes

Inherit the Wind v.s. Scopes Trial “I do hateful things, for which people love me, and lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend of enemies, the enemy of friends; I am admired for my detestability” page 33. This quote from the book shows the strong personality of Hornbeck in the book. Throughout the book it was made obvious that there are several differences among the defendants, the visiting prosecuting attorney, and the defense attorneys, these characters had very prominent personalities. First of all, John Thomas Scopes and Bertram Cates were the two defendants in both of the trials. Cates and Scopes both broke the law by teaching Darwin’s theory in their classrooms. In Inherit the Wind, Cates turns himself in to bring the big crowd into Hillsboro and to do the right thing for the school. Through both trials, the defendants have tried their hardest to do what was right but were

Bryan) and Cates (Brady). These characters believed they were experts on the Bible and their religion. Brady was very confident going into the trial at the beginning, but when Drummond called him as his witness after Drummond’s scientific witnesses were declined, his confidence dropped slowly. By the end of the trial Drummond made Brady look like such a joke; he went crazy and started naming off books of the Bible. W.J. Bryan and Brady died 5 days after their trials. Finally, Drummond and John Neal were the defense attorneys for Scopes (John Neal) and Cates (Drummond). Drummond was a character most would say looked like the devil, or was an atheist because they thought he fully supported evolution and disregarded the Bible. —To only find out that he was more religious than his witness Colonel Brady himself. Drummond speaking to Hornbeck after the trial quotes Proverbs 11:29 “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the