Poop N Stoop

Themes

- Stubbornness leads to consequences (Brady’s inacceptance of Drummond’s arguments for pro-creation, eventually leads him to his death)
(Reading) “From the hallowed hills of sacred Sinai… (He freezes. His lips move, but nothing comes out. Paradoxically, his silence brings silence. The orator can hold his audience only by not speaking…There seems to be some sort of violent, volcanic upheaval…” (pp. 107)

- Religious differences and the resulting conflicts

- Evolutionism vs. Fundamentalism (Evolution vs. Bible)

- Freedom of thought and speech (Freedom to think, and to teach as well)
DRUMMOND: (Energetically) “With all due respect to the bench, I hold that the right to think is very much on trial! It is fearfully in danger ni the proceedings of this court!” (pp. 64)

- Person vs. World (Must stand alone against an entire town and religious community against him).

Symbolism

- Golden da...