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Monday, September 26, 2011

Blog 2: The Allegory of the Cave through History

                In history, mankind has come up with many theories in order to give reason to what is happening in the world around them. Over time, these theories have often become clouded with illusions of a perfect world. Adolf Hitler is an example of a theorist who believed in an illusion. He believed in an Aryan race that was composed of people with fair skin and blue eyes and that Jews were the root of evil. Ultimately, this man single handedly turn a country against one religious group of people.
                 Adolf Hitler was a German Nationalist, so when he was stationed in a town that had been delcared a socialist republic, he became enraged with anger. He realized that the leaders of this socialist party were all Jews and began believing that socialism was a conspiracy. This was the motive of Hitler's hatred to all Jews. He was able to draw followers in by delivering emotional speeches filled with disgust and ill will against the state Germany was in, all while staying secretive and out of the public eye. People became fixated on Hitlers passionate beliefs an he suddenly became popular. Because of his unique approach, he was able to captivate Germans attention and being that they were vulnerable from post war, he was able to take that vulnerability and hide nationalism within socialism. 
                With the public and nazi party on his side, Hitler was able to brainwash them into believing that the jewish population would taint the aryan race and if they were not stopped they would take control of world. He wanted to seclude Jews in order to prevent interracial relations. As a result, Jews were put concentration camps where they were abused, tortured, and murdered. 
                After the suicide of Hitler and the Nazi party was overruled by the government, the tragic effects of this disgusting illusion Hitler fed to the society of Germany and his followers. The disturbing events of this time period have affected history unlike any other recorded event. People finally accept the truth of an unfortunate, negative illusion.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Diali, i appreciate your comment very well. And from what you have said about my summary is absolutely true. First of all i think i should tell you the reason why i did not quite stated my opinion in the summary.i actually have another class that we also write summaries, and from what i have been learning, not from ENG099 but from where i came from and high school. i was never taught to write a summary where i could use my own opinion. I'm not saying you are wrong with what you said, as my mother always say it's never too late to learn. So from now i will take it in consideration to write a little more and also take my time to correct my grammar. Oh, i almost forgot i will absolutely change and fix my style errors.

    THANK YOU!!

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