When the words strong, leader and passionate are thrown around, more times than not the person being described is a positive figure. These terms are used to describe heroic figures that are always looking out for the interest of the little man and trying to make a positive impact on the world. When these words are used to describe a person that is pure evil and out to make the world worse, only bad things will follow. Hitler is the perfect example of how all of those words apply to him but does not fill the role of hero in the slightest bit.

For the group presentations held on Wednesday March 26, my group was assigned the introduction part of Frank Tomasulo’s “The Mass Psychology of Fascist Cinema.” After giving the presentation, I still feel the need to write about this essay. The purpose of this essay was to refocus the discussion about the film “Triumph of the Will.” This discussion should be evoked by the text of the film, which is actually more important than it seems. Tomasulo wrote that during the elections of the 1930’s, Hitler gained most of his support from the lower class.