Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Inherit the Wind Reactions
Inherit the Wind was a particularly thought‐provoking film about the monkey
trial of 1939. The main themes of this film were freedom of thought and the
necessity of religion. During the trial Henry Drummond kept making it seem as if
religion was preventing the citizens of Hillsboro from thinking clearly and freely.
They were so wrapped up in God’s interpretation of the world that they failed to
find what they believed there purpose on Earth was. When the ideas of evolution
shook their town they were so trapped in their philosophies of God that they would
never hear of someone speaking against His word. One question that I asked myself
as I watched is if religion and firm belief in their God led them to being over‐
exuberant zealots, then why is religion something we need to believe in. The
character of E.T. Hornbeck proves that religion can save a man. Henry Drummond
points out that Hornbeck is a lonely, sad shell of a man. Hornbeck does not bat an
eyelash, but rather walks away with a smile on his face. I believe always feeling as if you have somebody greater there to help you, and that you are never numb to the
feelings of yourself and others epitomizes the necessity of religion.
Inherit the wind
caused me to question many things but I realized that because religion can change people it doesn’t mean I have to be changed.
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