... . He was very loyal to the Nazi's and wanted to be successful in his career. Hannah Arendt thinks that Eichmann's trial was an excruciating lesson in the "banality of evil. " Banal is defined as lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring (Webster's Dictionary). Eichmann was known as one to exaggerate. He loved to boast about himself and make everyone ... cover up other hideous thoughts. When in reality he wasn't, he just had a very strange and unique mental process. Eichmann manages to be banal and evil at the same time. But, how can one be both evil and banal at the same time? H...

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