24.3.15

Today we continued to read through the play, we have nearly finished reading the whole play. It has 15 scenes, some are very short, and some are quite long.
After reading we had a discusison about Hitler and the nazi's, and about Hitler's background and his rise and how it relates to Arturo Ui,

Mein Kamf: this a book hitler wrote when he was in prison for the first time after his failed attempt at a campaign and March. The book goes into detail about how he will rule Germany and become a powerful and legendary dictator. I feel his time spent in prison changed him for good and his power hunger grew and grew. Hitler was a very determined man and he succeeded at what he wanted to do, he had passion and drive, which worked in his favour. 
Givola in real life was Gurbles, Hitlers first man in line, his sidekick, and has been seen as the influence over Hitler about the Jews
Gurbles was a poet in real liufe.
He assigned people to burn books, so that Jewish children and adults could not read or be educated

We spoke about how Hitler changed so much from his young bohemian life in Vienna. When he was younger he had a passion for art and applied to art school twice and was rejected both times. I think he was rejected purely because of his upbringing and wealth status. His dad passed away when hitler was very young and his mum was a single parent with little money. After this Hitler moved away from

Home and worked as a painter for several years, painting scenery on the street of Vienna. He lived a very relaxed bohemian life staying in hostels and shelters. This sounds nothing like the hitler we all know, but the contrast of his life in Vienna as apposed to Germany is very different and he sounds like a completely different person! This is similar to UI as he begins very different to how he ends as a character.