Meaning Of Hitler Analysis

The Meaning of Hitler Midterm In the story, The Meaning of Hitler, written by Sebastian Haffner, there is essentially an in-depth biography of Adolf Hitler which contains several chapters, which outline his life, achievements, successes, misconceptions, mistakes, and crimes in great detail. Haffner does a great job of highlighting little-known facts about Hitler, and additionally adding his opinion to certain topics to create misconceptions, which allows for debate. Firstly, the author essentially insults Hitler by making him appear to be of lesser importance to the world than he actually was. This is evident because the book reads as, “None of these, not even Napoleon, failed so frightfully as Hitler…”(6). Simply put, the author believes

Haffner mentions an event that happened to Hitler at a later time period than the point in time that he is presently talking about. A great example of this is when he talks about how Hitler committed suicide when he was originally on the time period of his early life. This is so because the text reads as, “It seemed a matter of course because Hitler’s life seemed in retrospect to have been designed towards that end from the start”(21). In other words, Haffner smoothly incorporated the mentioning of Hitler’s suicide into the part that he was originally talking about. I think this is a highly effective method because it makes the writing much more interesting and logical as well. Another strong point in the book is that in the beginning of new chapters, Haffner briefly outlines what he discusses further on in the chapters. One such instance is when the author writes, “All Hitler’s successes fall within a span of twelve years, 1930 to 1941”(49). In simpler terms, Haffner mentioned Hitler’s successes, which allows the reader to know that he will discuss those particular aforementioned topics. This is an efficient writing style because it creates a smooth way for the author to let the reader know what will soon be discussed, all while not actually giving away the important and interesting parts of the