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Adolf Hitler Nature Vs Nurture

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Nature vs. nurture? Psychiatrist have been debating for years, whether we are a product of our genetics, or of our environment. In the case of Adolf Hitler, it may very well have been both. As a product of an abusive father and the loss of his mother to breast cancer, a child who already had emotional problems would possibly be destined to follow a particular path. The rejection Adolf felt throughout his early years may very well have been projected onto other’s. Could Adolf Hitler's experiences in his early years have caused him to form the perceptions that made him the man he became? P2 When Adolf Hitler was a child his father was emotionally harsh to him and he drank heavily, beating and belittling Adolf repeatedly on a regular basis, …show more content…

For example, his love for a Jewish girl named Stephanie. Although he was madly in love with her to the point of suicide, he never once spoke with her. He would speak often to his friend Kubizek about poems he had written to her but, he never could work up the courage to give them to her. He was deeply jealous of any attention she showed to other young men. The girl never knew of Adolf Hitler’s feeling toward her. She later married an Austrian army officer. This rejection of his unrequited love may very well have contributed to his anti-Semitic pro Arian views of hatred towards the Jewish people. Similarly, when he moved to Vienna to pursue his love of art, He applied to the Academy of Fine Arts, confident and self-assured, quite sure he would get in. But failure struck him like a bolt of lightning. His test drawings were judged unsatisfactory and he was not admitted. Hitler was badly shaken by this rejection. He went back to the academy to get an explanation and was told his drawings showed a lack of talent for artistic painting, notably a lack of appreciation of the human form. He was told, however, that he had some ability for the field of architecture which, he wasa unable to pursue since he had dropped out of high school. This rejection led to him becoming homeless. Adolf Hitler’s rejection by the Jewish girl coupled with the rejection by an institute of higher learning may

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