The theme of this reading is that which Hitler is telling Germany what is is going to do to bring the nation out of the bad spot in which they were in. When Hitler said "May God Almighty give our work His blessing, strengthen our purpose, and endow us with wisdom and the trust of our people, for we are fighting not for ourselves but for Germany." it really stuck out to me. This stuck out to me for many different reason, the fist being that Hitler is saying that God Almighty give Germany a blessing. The second this that stuck out to me out this is that this is how Hitler finished what he was saying. I wonder why he saved this for the end of his proclamation? I would have to say that he saved this till the end to show the people of Germany that Hitler is putting God first with what he is doing because God is where all hope lays.
This generated the idea that something many seem nice on the outside but that does not mean that is is that nice on the inside. Hitler made what he was doing for Germany seem like the best thing for Germany. But in all reality what he did was not what Germany needed but at the time it seemed right. It makes the statement that you cannot judge a book by its cover. You have to look at it more than just the cover to see if it is a good book. Hitler looked like a good book for Germany but the pages in the book were not as good as the cover made them look.
This reading connects to today with how a lot of people are like Hitler they make it seem like they have all the best in mind for those around them but their way of going about it may not be the best way for it to happen. People always try to see the best in people but like I said before the cover of a book is not always right with what the pages say. The pages till the real story of the book the cover can be misleading. You must look at more in people than what they want you to see.
This relates to the reading because it shows what Hitler was trying to do for Germany. What he was try to do and what he really thought that he was doing. Hitler did what he thought was best for Germany but in his own mind it was right. What he thought might not have been what was best but it is history. Without that history who knows history may not have been the same as it is now.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
1914 & 1916 British and German Rations
The theme of the reading is about how during the war supplies were very limited and there is a great difference in the amount of the ration depending where you were at. I found it interesting how the ration Britain differed so much depending where you were at and even how little the troops were getting. It is wrong for the troops to get so little when they are the ones who need their strength to fight but yet they do not seem that important to their country.
Reading this got me to thinking about how this really affected everyone in the world. With the war mostly in Europe and the western part of Europe at that, was destroyed with a lot gone; the land, factories, and even homes. The land was not good to grow crops on, the factories were not there to make produces for people. It truly affected everyone with everything. Not just by the loss of lives but the loss of everything else. The lasting affects of the war were most likely just as damaging to the countries as the war itself. The war made it hard to rebuild and get back to life as normal.
The Modern parallels I see with this reading would have to be inflation. Inflation is not something that you can control, just like the rations the people could not control. The thing that is different is rations will most likely go away once you have a change to rebuild after a war, but inflation just keeps on growing and building up. There is not much you can do about inflation but hope that it goes away. But I guess people who lived during this time period would say that same thing about the rations, just hope that it goes away.
This reading relates to the text in the way that it shines a greater light on what life during the war was like. The war was not pretty but the text really does not show how bad it really was. This reading helps build on what the text says about the war. The war did a lot of damage but you really see how hard it was on everyone when you read what they had to go through.
Reading this got me to thinking about how this really affected everyone in the world. With the war mostly in Europe and the western part of Europe at that, was destroyed with a lot gone; the land, factories, and even homes. The land was not good to grow crops on, the factories were not there to make produces for people. It truly affected everyone with everything. Not just by the loss of lives but the loss of everything else. The lasting affects of the war were most likely just as damaging to the countries as the war itself. The war made it hard to rebuild and get back to life as normal.
The Modern parallels I see with this reading would have to be inflation. Inflation is not something that you can control, just like the rations the people could not control. The thing that is different is rations will most likely go away once you have a change to rebuild after a war, but inflation just keeps on growing and building up. There is not much you can do about inflation but hope that it goes away. But I guess people who lived during this time period would say that same thing about the rations, just hope that it goes away.
This reading relates to the text in the way that it shines a greater light on what life during the war was like. The war was not pretty but the text really does not show how bad it really was. This reading helps build on what the text says about the war. The war did a lot of damage but you really see how hard it was on everyone when you read what they had to go through.
Kaiser Wilhelm II A place in the Sun, 1901
The theme of the reading was Germany justifying their reasoning for having more ships on the water. " The more Germans go out upon the waters, whether it be in races or regattas, whether it be in journeys across the ocean, or in the service of the battle flag, so much the better it will be for us." This backs what the theme is of the reading. This stuck out to me because it was like Germany was saying that they did not care what anyone thought about what they were doing, they were going to do what they wanted. Did Germany really have the right to do what they did? If they did then why do they have to say why they are doing it? these questions show that they really did not have the right to do what they did.
This got me to thinking about how if one country does this then who is to stop every country from doing the exact same thing? it goes to the facet of protecting your own. So if one country is building up their military then you are going to do the same exact thing because you do not want them to beat you. Once you build up your military, they will build theirs up more and this will never end and it will cause more problems that help. It will also make more problems than it answers.
This connects to today with how they government is now because they do what they want but once someone says something against what they are doing, they have to back up what they are doing. They become defensive about what they are doing. When this happen most of the time it means that you are hiding the real reason behind what you are doing. thus making you come up with a story or lie of why you are doing it. Not everyone will agree with what is going on but you can not cave to what others think because if you do it will just make it look like you are hiding something. They may not be right themselves.
This relates to the text with Hitler when comes to power he does not care about the limitation that were put on Germany. He does what he wants to do to protect his country. It was his job to help Germany out of what others had put her into. They need to help themselves because it is their right to help their country. the one thing that is different is in the reading they are backing up what they are saying but with Hitler, he just does what he wants and does not care what others think about what he is doing.
This got me to thinking about how if one country does this then who is to stop every country from doing the exact same thing? it goes to the facet of protecting your own. So if one country is building up their military then you are going to do the same exact thing because you do not want them to beat you. Once you build up your military, they will build theirs up more and this will never end and it will cause more problems that help. It will also make more problems than it answers.
This connects to today with how they government is now because they do what they want but once someone says something against what they are doing, they have to back up what they are doing. They become defensive about what they are doing. When this happen most of the time it means that you are hiding the real reason behind what you are doing. thus making you come up with a story or lie of why you are doing it. Not everyone will agree with what is going on but you can not cave to what others think because if you do it will just make it look like you are hiding something. They may not be right themselves.
This relates to the text with Hitler when comes to power he does not care about the limitation that were put on Germany. He does what he wants to do to protect his country. It was his job to help Germany out of what others had put her into. They need to help themselves because it is their right to help their country. the one thing that is different is in the reading they are backing up what they are saying but with Hitler, he just does what he wants and does not care what others think about what he is doing.
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