In his Proclamation to the German Nation, Adolf Hitler creates a connection with his audience by using carefully chosen words and solely plural pronouns. In the beginning of his speech, Hitler quickly names a scapegoat. He targets the audience’s fear and declares, “[Communism] seeks to poison and disrupt in order to hurl us into an epoch of chaos… This negative, destroying spirit spared nothing of all that is highest and most valuable” (Hitler 1). By using words such as ‘poison’, ‘disrupt’, ‘hurl’ and ‘chaos’, Hitler is deliberately trying to frighten the audience. His choice of words here form a link to the audience through cultivating a united fear toward the Communists. This connection through emotions is extremely powerful, but Hitler cements