In chapters 1-3 we get to read about Hitlers childhood leading up to adulthood and get to find out how his relationship between his mother and father was like and get a better basic understanding of the events leading up to what he did and who he “became” through chapters 1-3 we find out how Hitler had a passion for art and wanted to get into art school in Vienna. Hitler applied twice to art school but was rejected twice. His unfortunate rejection into art school played a big role and hitler became very angry and depressed in the following period after that. He spent some time in Vienna and described how awful of a city it was. While in Vienna Hitler became very poor and often sold art to make money. Hitler mentioned how this time he spent living in Vienna is where he started developing these vile thoughts towards Jews and would publicly cause disputes with them. In regards to the relationship he had towards his parents, Hitler grew up very angry and had resentment towards his father. He felt as if he wasn’t good enough for his father and often wanted to over achieve to prove how good he could be to his father. Which hence why getting rejected from art school (something Hitler wanted so badly for himself as well) was a real turning point for Hitler. Things with his mother were completely different, he and his mother had a good relationship and he felt his mother loved him but Hitler still wanted to show his mother she could have a son to be proud of. Later with this mothers passing and him not getting into art school made Hitler lose himself he had no way to prove not only to his parents that he could do something good for himself but in a way lost faith in himself. Hitler discusses the concept of “Germanization” a term used to describe the spread of German culture and language. Hitler complained about the lack of understanding of Germanization he had growing up, mistakenly thinking that someone might become “German” by only acquiring German language or cultural characteristics. Hitler was obsessed with this idea that Germany was “mother land” and this ties back to what he mentions on chapter 2 he argues that the true meaning of being German is not to speak the language or getting used to the German norms but to genuine Germanization requires stronger ties to the land (“soil”) Hitler then makes a racist claim, he rejects the belief that someone from an ethnic or cultural minority could possibly grow into a German citizen by learning the language and taking part in German politics and goes on to give examples of ethnic groups.