I would never read Mein Kampf on my own terms due to the fact that it was written by a sick minded man who valued nationalism over everything else. “Mein Kampf” is written in two volumes; the first one called “Eine Abrechnung” or “A Reckoning” and was published on July 19, 1925. The second volume is called “Die Nationalsozialistische Bewegung” or “The National Socialist Movement” and was published on December 11, 1926. Since this book is around 600 pages, I only had to read four chapters all together. Chapter 8 is titled “The Beginning of my Political Activity” and surprisingly, it was about the beginning of his political activity. Hitler begins this chapter by returning to Munich, Germany in November of 1918. He stayed at his replacement barracks in his regiment until March of 1919. It was there that he had the realization that a revolution was in progress. This revolution was explained in chapter 7. Hitler wants to get involved in political parties, but instead of joining an already made one, he wants to create his own. This chapter goes on about how his new party would be called “Social Revolutionary Party” and how Hitler was conflicted by many curiosities in his head. It is mentioned in this chapter that he meets a speaker named Gottfried Feder. Hitler spoke very fondly about this man because he gave Hitler the answers to all of his questions. Chapter 9 contains one of Hitlers most decisive resolutions of his life. The chapter is called “The German Workers’ Party” and is about how he first got introduced to the party and what led up to him joining. Hitler did not think highly of the German Workers’ Party. He thought they were an unorganized, helpless organization, however was drawn to them. During the first meeting, Gottfried Feder spoke in front of the group and with that, Hitler became more intrigued. He ended up speaking at the meeting and was quickly accepted into the Party. This was the main problem of the chapter; he wanted to join, but he did not want to just be a number amongst other numbers, he wanted to be the leader. Anyways, he ended up joining and became member #7. During this chapter, Hitler’s writing structure and attitude really stuck out to me. You can see the theatrics through his words and the structure of his words were funky. I ended up getting kind of engaged and into the story of the German Workers’ Party. I probably should not admit that, yet here we are. Anyways, Chapter 10 is called “Causes of the Collapse.” This chapter gets into how much of a catastrophe the fall of the Reich was for Germany. Germany was a supernation before World War I, but when powerful things fall, they fall hard. He goes into detail about how disappointed he is in his fellow Germans because they do not understand just how severe this fall was for their nation. Hitler was a fan of a big, strong military and believed the German people had lost this idea. With all of these massive thoughts and feelings invading Hitler’s world, he needed someone to blame for the mess. He blames the peasants and lower class. In my opinion, chapter 11 was one of the harder chapters to read. Out of the four chapters I had to read, this was the first one to mention the “superior Aryan race” and his thoughts on the Jewish community. First, Hitler talks about racial purity and how humankind relies on it for success. He believes that the mixing of races would water down general intelligence. The superior race is blonde hair blue eyes, something that he was not. The last bit of the chapter digs deep into his hatred for Jewish people. He describes them as leeches and bloodsuckers who just want to dictate the world. (ironic right?) What I got out of this part was that he is a hypocritical narcissist who unfortunately knew how to get his point across effectively.