Go Hitler Of Born A Crime Chapter Summaries

In Chapter 15, “Go, Hitler,” of Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, Trevor speaks about two life lessons. The first lesson Trevor tries to get through to the audience is the more money you have, the more freedom a person has in life. Trevor experiences this when he gets his first job, making CDs. The second lesson that Trevor is trying to state is the importance of education on important topics throughout the world. Trevor does not understand the sensitive topic of Hitler which caused him to get into trouble. Throughout the chapter, Trevor uses a lot of word choices to connect the idea of money and freedom a person has in life. He also uses the word Hitler many times throughout the chapter. He relates the Holocuast to the genocide of Congo throughout

Pages 195,196, and 197 Trevor explains how he doesn’t understand the importance of the name Hitler or the Holocaust. For example, Trevor started a dancing group to go along with his DJ. Unexpectedly, the dancer they chose was named Hitler which led to the name of the group, “The Hitler Youth.” Trevor did not realize this was a reference to the Nazi organization. Trevor was very oblivious to the name “Hitler.” He did not know “Hitler” was associated with hatred, racism, and genocide of countless people in the 1930s-1940s. On page 197, Trevor used the words Go Hitler repeatedly to show how much they said it which offended people. With Trevor saying Go Hitler at a Jewish school repeatedly, it showed the lack of education Trevor had. When Trevor booked a job to perform at the King David school, he did not realize the name Hitler, would offend Jewish people. When Hitler started performing and Trevor and his friend chanted Go Hitler, it angered and insulted the Jewish community. This made one lady insult Trevor which led to him thinking it was about his race when in reality, it was because he offended them. With lack of teaching, it made Trevor and his group look like Nazi supporters when in reality, he just had no idea of what he did wrong. Another event that occurred in the chapter was when Trevor was talking about the African atrocities in Congo. On page 194, Trevor states how everyone knows about the Holocaust but no one knows about the genocide that occured in Congo. He uses the word numbers on this page to show the significance of how people only care about them when a genocide occurs. He brings up a statement in this chapter about how people only care about the Holocaust because the numbers were on record, unlike Congo where no one knew the numbers. Trevor is stating in this part that no one knows about Congo compared to the Holocaust because of a lack of teaching and