Hitler's Language and Style

                   On Tuesday in class we discussed how Bakhtin's theory of what language is capable of found various ways to unpack it. We brainstormed a number of ideas that we felt Bakhtin could have came up with how language functions. For example, some of them are, how language can define a time period and has intentions and accents. Burke's essay The Rhetoric of Hitler's Battle shows some of what Bakhtin was talking about.

                 Burke starts off basically telling us that Hitler used his words to persuade people and to belief that what he was saying had some truth. There was one quote that says "the symbol of a common enemy, the Prince of Evil himself. Men who can unite on nothing else can unite on the basis of a foe shared by all" (Burke 193).   In  my opinion this quote mean that people can basically agree to disagree, that way they are still finding common ground to know that they all can not come together on something that  they agree on; but they can come together to understand that they all have different mindsets. Hitler refers to the Aryans and Jews a lot saying that the Aryans are constructive and the Jews are destructive. He also felt that he had in order for the Aryans to be constructive and prosper as a whole he had to destruct the Jews. (Burke 204) If Hitler has been a little bit smart he could have used language as a different tool to transform Jews from destructive to constructive that way he would have had more people agreeing to his words.
                 
             As I continued reading Burke's text I realized that Hitler was a bit talented in the way he persuaded his audience through his speeches. His main aspect was involving the movement of unity, connecting with them and the use of symbolism. " The more uniformly the fighting will of a people is put into action, the greater will be the magnetic force of the movement and the more powerful the impetus of the blow,” (193). I personally agree because the more people you have fighting for a purpose the greater acknowledgement of that impact will be noticed, and hopefully change comes about. However, it initially starts with the speaker and the tools that the speaker uses to influence the audience. There are live example of such today. The marches we do to show that Black Lives Matter, someone said something wrong or right to make majority of African-Americans unite for one cause, one purpose and stand up for the African- American race, since it isn't as valuable to other races. 

             Both Burke and Bakhtin show how and what language is capable of and using Hitler was the perfect example because from his speeches and persuasion came actions, powerful actions at that. Anyone can say words but when your words moves your audience it is caused by your hand gestures, your tone of voice and even small things like your eye contact. Martin Luther King was also someone who gave influential speeches and cause his audiences to move to action.