Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'

For this week's assignment, I decided to choose Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator's speech. Even though it is from a movie that Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in, I still find it to be one of the best speech's I've ever heard. It was on October 5, 1940, that the world was introduced to this speech. This was in the wake of the Nazis and Hitler. From 1939 to 1945 WWII was happening, and a lot of hatred was spread, accepted and fought against. I don't think that Charlie Chaplin thought that this speech would be so relevant even today. It was focused upon and relating to WWII, but when WWII died, hatred and ugliness inside some humans continued to live on and passed on. I find it extremely relatable in today's world, especially with recent events. …show more content…
We have the power to overcome the hatred and we can do so by coming together and fight for what is right with love and acceptance. Charlie Chaplin's speech is about a world, our world, that is losing it's way because of greed and heartlessness. It is also about how humans can still come together and make a new way of living, a better way of living, through togetherness. I think there is only one kind of person who could write, direct, and star in The Great Dictator and give that speech. That kind of a man is a big-hearted, knowledgeable, strong man. Having it be his first speaking role, he sure did make it a bold one, and that is why I decided to choose Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator's speech. I want to leave you with