Hypocrisy In Inherit The Wind

History tells a story that forcing people to conform to ideas against their will never ends peacefully. Many wars have been waged due to difference in beliefs and many people killed. When governments force people to think a certain way the people start to rebel and violence is the end result. Jerome Laurence and Robert E Lee demonstrate the importance of being tolerant of others in their novel Inherit the Wind specifically through Brady’s ignorant hypocrisy Drummonds respect of others and Rachel's changing views throughout the play.

Brady's ignorant hypocrisy throughout the play of Inherit the Wind demonstrate the importance of being tolerant of others beliefs. When Drummond was questioning Brady about his beliefs Brady didn’t fully understand …show more content…
Rachel when questioned by Hornbeck about whether Bert’s beliefs were correct says “ I think there must be wrong in what Bert believes if a great man like Mr. Brady comes here to speak out against him ”. Her impressionable view and following of Mr. Brady illustrates to the readers that Rachel is following blindly the perception of Brady without thinking for herself. The reader knows that Brady is not really the great guy Brady is perceived to be by the people of Hillsboro and that it is wrong to believe something without thinking about it so it would of have been better for Rachel to take a step back and think for herself before critiquing others’ beliefs. As she was wrong in following blindly to the perception of Cates she was also wrong to follow blindly to what he says and believes. Her unappealing actions show the reader the importance of tolerating others beliefs. Rachel's views change at the end of the book and provide further insight to the reader of the importance of being tolerant of others beliefs. Rachel realizes at the end of the book that it is important to be tolerant of what others believe. After she realizes that she was not thinking because she was afraid of what she might think and that thoughts need to come out and can not be kept in because of fear she says “ Maybe what Mr. Darwin wrote is bad. I do not know. Bad or good, it doesn’t make any difference. The ideas have to come out-like children. Some of em’ healthy as a bean plant and some sickly. I think the sickly ideas die mostly, don’t you, Bert?” Rachel's realization that it doesn’t matter if people believe someone's beliefs are wrong or bad, their beliefs should be able to be taught and to come out shows her new found knowledge that it is important to be tolerant of others as she herself who once had an opposite view knows that

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