Adolf Hitler Chapter Summary

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1. The teacher rearranged the seating to make it more uniform, he voted himself to be the project leader and made the students call him Mr. Wenger for respect as a dictatorship would be. The teacher made it so that nobody talks without permission, and when they do talk they must stand up. Mr. Wenger made the kids sit straight so that they seem more respectful towards the dictator, and make their answers to the point. The leader created a bizarre energy which everyone was caught up in. Mr. Wenger kicked the rebellious people out of the class for discipline, like with Kevin. He also uses a marching drill, which was used in so many communist dictatorships to show the power of unity. He made a common enemy for the class with the subordination of…show more content…
He makes his students stand up to talk, so that their circulation and attention increases. Mr. Wenger uses the tactic of discipline to make sure that his students stay in line, and so that he had power. He kicked Kevin out of his class just like Hitler got rid of the dissidents of his power and regime. He makes the kids do exercises and supports fitness, just like Hitler supported the cult of the body. Wenger uses the power of unity in his classroom by doing group exercises and marching in time which is awfully reminiscent of the demonstrations Hitler did with his youth. He also uses the anarchy class as the scapegoat or the common enemy for his class, just like Hitler used the Jews, so that his kids would be united. He rearranged the seating to get rid of the usual classroom cliques to make the kids less distracted and so that the kids could help each other out. He supported uniformity, which was also used in the massive demonstrations of Hitler to make the citizens seem as if they were in a collective whole. He made it seem like everyone was participating in the class and ostracized those who weren't, just as Hitler used this situation to make more loyal followers. He made a student design a logo for the people, just like Hitler created the swastika. The students all helped out to make a MySpace page and make logos or websites like the Hitler youth was eager to help in many activities. The students also created a wave hand signal, which parallels the hand salute from…show more content…
This film is a warning that we are not beyond dictatorship. No matter if we believe that we are beyond fascism, or that it won't happen to us, this film shows that it can. The most amazing part about this was that it all happened in 4 days. The fact that a single man can transform a group of free thinking individuals into a fascist, brainwashed mass in 4 days shows that World War 2 can, and most likely will happen again. It also shows that one man with evil intentions can make a big impact, and can use charisma to make others do bad things. The fact that good people can be deceived into doing bad things, without their knowledge uncovers a dark side of human nature and it uncovers many of the dangers of mob mentality. Distinctions between different peoples can lead to discrimination and any number of different peoples can end up on the bad side of the conflict. In addition, the story shows that when a person is put in a place of power they intend to abuse it. Who is to say that this atrocity will not reappear in much larger form. It can be said that this is simply human nature, and that it is inevitable. This same situation has reappeared many times, with genocides in Germany, in the USSR, in Rwanda, and most likely thousands of countries throughout history. Who is to say the worst isn't on the
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