Friday, January 22, 2010
Kaiser Willhelm
After watching the video, I was interested in the early life of Kaiser Wilhelm's. I researched his early life to see why he might have been such a big part of starting World War I. As we learned in the video, Wilhelm was born with a damaged left arm. I think this was a large part of his behavior later in his life toward the great war. He was also brought up with a military like discipline. Wilhelm's mother, the daughter of queen Victoria, had an even bigger effect on him though. She instilled many disciplinary values into him. Although the relationship between them was bitter, she influenced him a lot for his future. He ruled with the same liberal values that his mother taught him.
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This was a very interesting wall post. The documentary told us about his damaged left arm and hinted that it was a reason for his later behavior, but I don't think it mentioned much about his mother. This little tidbit of information was very interesting, but I wish you had elaborated more on what kinds of values she gave him and how they influenced him in later life.
ReplyDeleteOverall good post. The only thing to criticize is that for someone who didn't watch the movie in class it may be hard to see how your connecting your thoughts.
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