the trail that rocked the world.doc

The Trial That Rocked the World Part 1 General introduction 1. about the author: John Scopes (1900——1970) once a school-teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. Principle of the “Monkey Trial”. Later became a geologist for an oil company. 2. Backgroud: ⑴For a number of years a clash had been building up between the fundamentalist(基要主义者) and the modernists(现代主义者).③ ⑵fundamentalism was strong in Tennessee, and the state legislature had passed a law prohibiting the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of creation as taught in the Bible”④ ⑶The exits of Darwin’s evolution. ⑷John Scopes taught the students evolution. 3. about the affair 1、Reason: John Scopes taught the students evolution which was considered against the law. 2、Time: July 10, 1925 3、Place: A court in Dayton, Tennessee. 4、Conflicts: Characters Clarence Darrow (counsel, lawyer) Malone (Catholic, counsel) Hays(Jew ,counsel) George Rappelyea (engineer) Kirtley Mather (Professor, scientist) VS William Jennings Bryan （orator） John Butler(farmer) Tom Stewart (lawyer ,attorney-general) 12 jurors(陪审团成员), three had never read any book except the Bible. One couldn't read Point of views ⒈Accepted the theory advanced by Charles Darwin——all animal life had evolved from a common ancestor.③ ⒉The reason why John Scopes was accused is ignorance and bigotry are rampant.⒀ ⒊ If so no one Would dare to bring any intelligence and enlightens and culture to the human mind.⒁ ⒋The truth is eternal And needs no human agency to support it.(24) ⒈They are adhere to a literal interpretation of the Old Testament(圣约书)③ ⒉Man came from above.(20) ⒊”The Bible” is not going to be driven out from this court by experts.(21) 5. Result: The trail turned to be a “victorious defeat”. The verdict was guilty. John Scopes was fined 100dollars and costs. He was offered his teaching job back but he declined and he got scholarship to the University of Chicago. 6. Influences: Since the trial, the schools and legislative