Analytical writing
Post date: Sep 12, 2014 4:01:17 PM
Here's a model paragraph taken from one Madman class from 2013. Yes, the subject is quite different, but in a broader sense, it achieves an analogous task, analyzing and comparing two quotes from the Hitler packet and the primary materials on the Slaughter of the Rheinland Jews to prove a single point. I will collect your results on Monday:
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The differences between the ideology of St. Benedict and that of Adolf Hitler highlight Hitler's individuality, thus supporting the intentionalist view of individual historical acts in World War 2. In Benedict of Nursia's 543 version of his rules, in Verheydon's 1949 translation commanded monks to, "Let the Abbot's table always be with the guests and travelers. When, however, there are no guests, let it be in his power to invite any of the brethren he desireth." While Benedict's table appears to have been open to "guests" Hitler's 1920 25-Point Program tells of the Nazi Party's desire that, "All non-Germans who have immigrated to Germany since 2 Aug. 1914 be forced to leave the Reich." Benedict and his Germanic tribal forebearers who welcomed outsiders presumably would have been horrified that their "guests" would have been "forced immediately to leave," so therefore Hitler's policy toward foreigners was likely a novel invention, making an intentionalist model of the Holocaust more persuasive. And the number of church leaders who risked their lives in opposition to Hitler further underscores how much National Socialism diverged from the historical norms.
If you lost the packet of primary sources, you can find it here.