AMERICAN HISTORY X American History X (1998) illustrates how segregation is aggravated by missing father figures as well as the herd mentality of the characters in the film. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche ’s concept of the herd mentality states that people need a concept or a worldview to adopt in order to give meaning to their lives. This herding of people who choose to adopt this certain ideal or ideals in effect causes the stifling of individual thoughts or creativity because everyone
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In modern organizations‚ there is no need for Theory X elements as propounded by Douglas McGregor. Discuss with relevant examples. Douglas McGregor examined theories on behaviour of individuals and formulated two models which he calls Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X assumes that the average human being has an inherent dislike for work and will avoid it if he can. As A result of their dislike for work‚ most people must be controlled and threatened before they will work hard enough. The
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attitude and behaviour‚ so the manager will be in a better position to manage the workers and achieve organizational goals. McGregor named these assumptions as Theory X and Theory This essay would examine the pros and cons of this theory of employee motivation‚ followed by writer ’s opinion. (McGregor‚ 1960) Theory X: According to Theory X‚ Managers assume that the average employee is lazy‚ dislikes work‚ are incapable of self-direction and will not indulge in hard work. Additionally‚ McGregor considers
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Buchenwald Concentration Camp The Buchenwald Concentration Camp was a concentration camp that the Germans used for practically labor of the prisoners until they died or were killed by the SS. Hitler who was the Nazi leader wanted all the people that weren’t the Aryan race to die because they were not perfect. “The Buchenwald camp was located in Weimar Germany and was established in 1937. The main camp was constructed in a wooded area in the northern slopes of Ettersburg. Before the Nazi takeover
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Naples’ Prisoners of War Camp Conditions There were 700 POW camps in the United States during World War II. One of these POW camps was in Naples‚ New York. This camp was very well kept and prisoners were treated fairly. The prisoners worked and got paid daily in the POW camp in Naples. The prisoners had to work ten hours per day and they were paid $.80 a day. They were handed a check when they left and the war was ended. The prisoners were put in work teams‚ some worked in the vineyards. Other pressed
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The concentration camps was a place where people were detained and confined. The concentration camps are where they held jewish people against their own will. The concentration camps was where the Germans placed the Jews to hostage before killing them. There are three specific concentration camps that the Jews were sent too. The three concentration camps were the transit camps‚ forced labour or work camps‚ and extermination camps. Adolf Hitler just wanted to prove his power to everyone. The
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Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz‚ pronounced [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ ˈʔaʊʃvɪts] ( listen)‚ also KZ and KL Auschwitz) was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It consisted of Auschwitz I (the original camp)‚ Auschwitz II–Birkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp)‚ Auschwitz III–Monowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben
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Dachau concentration camp Dachau was not horror camp not like Auschwitz and Belzec that killed over 1‚700‚000 together.Auschwitz was famous for being the most horrific camps‚but it was not the first or long lasting concentration camps.Dachau camp was made of an old World War I munition factory.SS Weinrich Himmler announced the camps creation‚so people (Jews) were put on trains to arrive at Dachau.All of the many concentration camps (Death camps) made medical experiments on some of their
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American History X This is my favorite movie. One would think that America as a more modern society is moving forward with affirmative action‚ equal rights‚ and government laws. Differences in skin color and cultural beliefs are the visual characteristics that have caused various hate crimes. Laws that give non-white ethnic groups the rights to share in education and form businesses add a new frustration to white America. Danny Vineyard‚ played by Edward Furlong‚ young life has seen its share
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Although we cannot compare the horrors of the Nazi Concentration camps to the American "Relocation Centers"‚ there are many similarities. Both of the groups of victims were of the minorities‚ and these cultures were somewhat of an enemy to the leader of their country. These groups (the Japanese in America nearly two thirds of which were American citizens‚ and the Jews‚ Gypsies‚ the Poles‚ Slovaks‚ Communists and other enemies of the state in Germany and Poland‚ many of which had served the very countries
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