2010년 5월 12일 수요일

If I could just look into the minds of people...

The past few weeks, I've been learning about the World Wars in my world history class.
World War I, Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Russian Revolution, the German Revolution, you name it, and I'll tell you all about it!
To be honest, before this unit, I really didn't know much about the World Wars.
I mean, sure I knew that there were two World Wars and that Germany was fighting against most other countries, but I didn't know that it was actually Austria-Hungary and Serbia, which caused the first war.
I always had the perception that it was a bigger country that started the war...
Through numerous projects such as podcasts and simulations, I was able to get a better grasp on what actually happened in the early 20th century.

When I was learning all this history, I came across a couple interesting figures: Stalin, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hitler.
They all took actions that I consider to be very rash, radical, and also cruel in a way.
Stalin deprived his people of all their rights, Kaiser Wilhelm plunged Germany into a
devastating war, Hitle
r led a mass killing of Jews.
Sure, I've learned abo
ut their basic motives. Stalin wanted power for himself, Kaiser Wilhelm thought that Germany could benefit from the war, and Hitler needed a scapegoat.
But, it still doesn't satisfy my curiosity about exactly why these people did the things they did.
What have been going on in their minds?
What did they think when things went bad?
Why did Hitler hate the Jews so much?
If I could just look into their minds...

Unfortunately, these questions remain unanswered and will remain that way. could
That is, I think, what makes history so interesting but mysterious at the same time.

Michaels, Mike. Adolf Hitler. Digital image. Scrape TV. Scrape TV, 2 Feb. 2010. Web. 13 May 2010. .

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  1. I always wondered about it too:)!!
    I think many leaders during the World War periods are great haha

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  2. haha I agree that some leaders were great, but I also think that some were corrupt... if only we could see what they were thinking...

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