Adolf Hitler was a very influential and proud man, who used propaganda and demagoguery to persuade his people. He then became a dictator in Germany, killing millions of Jews and still, his people loved him. In his speech, Germany’s Claims, he used propaganda to persuade his people that the League of Nations was terrible because they forced Germany to stop manufacturing what they manufactured best, weapons. He made the Russians look bad, by saying that they had “gruesome ideology of destruction”. (205, 9) He also said the League of Nations was irrational and their proceedings are unreasonable (205, 8). His propaganda managed to convince his people to hate other nations other than Germany.

            His speech was also epideictic. His audience was all German people (last sentence). It is ceremonial because they were in an occasion that they were not allowed to make weapons. He wanted to prove that Germany is honorable and praiseworthy by saying that Germany “should be presented as models to these democratic apostles.” (203, 1) In the same quote, he also dishonored the other nations by saying that they are “democratic apostles.” (203, 1) By honoring Germany, he also praised the Germans, making them feel that they were the best. Also, by dishonoring other nations, he blamed them, especially the League of Nations, making the Germans hate them more. This proves that Hitler wanted the Germans to feel proud and he wanted them to look down on the League of Nations, Russians, and Jews.

            Hitler’s thesis statement was found in paragraph four which says, “I had the right to turn against everyone who, instead of helping, thought his mission was to criticize our work” (203, 4). Every other paragraph in his speech tried to prove this statement. His later paragraphs talk about how the League of Nations is to him, a league that is against equality and a league that made use of other people. His thesis was so strong, it managed to change everyone’s hearts. He was a proud and influential demagogue, who used propaganda to persuade his people for the benefit of himself. Besides being propaganda, his speech was also epideictic. He honored and praised Germany, and dishonored and blamed the League of Nations, Russians, and the Jews. He was a famous man back then, and an infamous man today.