Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Inherit the Wind title

I think the title Inherit the Wind is completely appropriate title. It refers to how, if one creates a problem, it will come back. The phrase “his own house” might mean how it was within their community and this trial started a hornet’s nest of controversy. For the second part, “and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart”, I believe is trying to show how that person who started it all would be beneath the person who followed their heart and did not simply follow along. The passage comes from Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs were usually teachings. Brady used it once and then later Hornbeck said he wrote his own obituary with the line (pg. 126). Brady brought the focus on religion and, in the end, he won the trial but lost something more; a credible reason to prevent evolution from being taught in schools. In that sense, the title is very fitting.

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