Thursday, April 29, 2010

Hitler's success with Agression- David Low

I found David Low's cartoon about Hitler somewhat comical in the fact that it animates that fact that it seemed almost too easy for Hitler to rise/gain power and take over Europe. I like that Low made all the leaders spineless because it pointed out to me that the other leaders of the world were in fact basically scared of Hitler and what he would do with all his power. Hitler was definitely not one to hold back and it seemed like the rest of the world knew that. I think that sometimes in history we just brush over that fact because we're to busy analyzing the Holocaust or Hitler's new gains, rather than analyzing his brutal display of power (which became very clear to me this year while doing the little game/power point of "What would Hitler do"). At the same time, however, what Hitler did was by no means comical. Maybe this cartoon is just our way of looking back and laughing at our mistakes.

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