... more than this. It is a thought-provoking film which demonstrates the potential for evil that exists in human beings. The story is about a teenage boy, Todd Bowmen, a straight "A" student who has lettered in sports. He is fascinated with the holocaust, a subject he is studying in sociology class. ... a puppet out of control. He begins to march vigorously then salute, etc. Todd has to order him to stop. Dussander's comment is, "Boy, be careful, you play with fire." Dussander's almost mindless marching, which is like a conditioned reflex, symbolizes the effectiveness of the Nazi propagand...

• Word Count: 3287
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... as a laborer in the building trades and painted cheap postcards for a living. During these times he was very poor and often slept in parks and received his meals from a soup kitchen. This was the beginning of feelings of discontent and hatred towards his homeland of Austria, which he labeled a "patchwork nation." He wrote in Mein Kampf, "I was convinced that the State ... . His father was a drunken cobbler who was mentally and physically abusive to him and his family. His mother was a washerwoman and his three older siblings died at birth. As a young boy he contracted small pox, which wo...

• Word Count: 3043
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School