Hitler V.S. Fdr

Hitler, a man who put the fear into a whole race, nearly conquered all of Europe. Lead the German people out of a depression; rallied them together into a machine that took 3 world powers to destroy. Then there is Roosevelt, a man who was a great speaker, tried to make American feel like he was their neighbor and friend. Although these two men seen to be the opposite ends of the spectrum for leaders of world powers they have more in common than expected.

Hitler and FDR were both excellent politicians, they were able to manipulate the people to do their own whim very affectively, if in different ways. FDR tried to play the role of the common man; he wanted to make the public feel as if he was one of them. That he cared about the common man, that he had the same problems and values. He spoke so that people would be able understand him without the feeling of being talked own upon. He spoke slowly and incorporated jokes, sometimes using himself as the butt of his humor. Hitler on the other hand took a different approach, he made the people see him as a god, a person to be revered and listened to. He made the people feel that he would lead them to victory, and salvation. With his forceful speaking and violent hand gestures he held the people in awe and made the adrenaline pump, the air was charged and he was the generator.

These two men came to power in two very different ways. FDR was a little rich boy, he was born into a wealthy with a mother who made sure he went to all the good schools, and