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Obsessions In Frankenstein Research Paper

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In the modern world we see many examples of obsessions that are productive and have led people to greatness by their single minded focus on their tasks or goals; however, we also see obsessions that are nonproductive or detrimental to the individual in the form of stalking, drug and alcohol use, or the failure to give up obsessions leading to the demise of their life, family or happiness. Obsession has plagued humanity throughout its history. It has been the downfall of many great leaders and also characters in classic books. In Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein was overwhelmed by an obsession that ended up taking over his life. Through Victor’s obsession for knowledge and to create life, which leads to his demise, it is easy to find the same …show more content…

His end was self-inflicted by his premature attack on Russia; this isn’t where his obsession with power started though. At a young age after seeing an opera Hitler had declared he was going to take a great mission and lead his people to freedom (History Place). His journey starts with him being a medaled soldier during World War I. After the war he joined the National Socialist German Workers Party, or the Nazi’s. He became the leader of this group mainly based on his powerful speeches. In 1923 he led a March on Berlin to try to rid the country of Communists and Jews (Bulow). Hitler was arrested and was sentenced to five years in jail. During this time he put out the first volume of Mein Kampf. “He reserved the brunt of his vituperation for the Jews, whom he portrayed as responsible for all of the problems and evils of the world, particularly democracy, Communism, and internationalism, as well as Germany's defeat in the War. Jews were the German nation's true enemy, he wrote. As such, they were not a race, but an anti-race” (Bulow). In 1932 the party got the highest vote and became the majority, Hitler was elected as Chancellor. Once he had power he promised to get his country out of their …show more content…

Shops started posting signs reading “No Jews Allowed”, Jews were commonly harassed everywhere they went. In one attempt to rid the German Nation of Jews, Jews with Polish citizenship were rounded up, herded like cattle, and dumped off at the Polish border. The Poles kept them in no-man’s land in horrible conditions. Finally Kristallnacht came, riots across the country that destroyed Jews homes and stores, synagogues burned, and 20,000 Jews were arrested. Hitler the declared his extermination of Jews for his “pure” race. He said he would use the Jews as hostages so the Western Powers wouldn’t intervene on the continent (Bulow). He even talked about the possibility of Genocide. Even though he did not give written orders for the extermination and avoided speaking freely about the killing of the Jews, it was very clear that Hitler was deeply involved in the anti-Jews policy during the war. By his comments on the Jewish questions, it showed his strong commitment to the extreme side of racialize persecution. Hitler was entirely responsible for the orders of mass execution in Poland in 1939 and 1940, he also was active in setting up Jew reservations in Poland and backed to Madagascar plan. “In 1941 Hitler ordered the extermination of the Jewish-Bolshevist intelligentsia and the elimination of every potential enemy in the occupied Eastern territories. He was fully aware of mass executions of Jewish civilians in these

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