Winston’s parents had a tight agenda, his mother a socialite and his father a politician. Both were too busy being swept up in their individual lives to give Winston any of their own precious time. Since his birth he was left with his nanny and governess to raise him until he was sent to private school away from home. His parents rarely spoke with him and when they did, it was to reprimand him for some mischief and for bad grades in his studies. Their criticism of him seems to be the only active role they took in Winston’s upbringing. An

Adolf Hitler was born into an unhealthy childhood, much like Winston Churchill, but, unlike Winston Churchill, his father was physically abusive. His father beat him and his mother on a regular basis. According to his father, the beatings were teaching him to be tough. His father taught him hate and cruelty at a very young age, which becomes the very foundation of what Hitler is to become. It is said by psychologists that young children who are abused are more likely to be an abuser as an adult than one who has not. Also, it has been shown that people grow up to be much like their parents. Hitler is a classic example of these ideas. His mother, too, seems to become the standard of which he measures all other women and his life, as is believed that many other men do. The roles he, his mother, and his father play in their family are also a foundation on which the influence of Richard Wagner plays a great role.

The life stories of these two leaders, Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler, are similar in the effect that they begin and end up similarly, a rise from a bad childhood into great glorious leaders. The big difference between the two is great. Winston Churchill was able to overcome the misfortunes of his life and learn from them. Adolf Hitler, however, became what he hated, and used his powers to destroy. Adolf Hitler was spurned by vengeance and hate, Churchill by eagerness to overcome great obstacles.

y letters from his parents, even bad, were welcome to him as it was the only attention that he received from them. As he progresses t

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