Once Adolf Hitler seized power in Germany in the early 20th century, he initiated a movement against those of Jewish background or of Jewish faith, as a result of childhood resentment stimulated by their lavish lifestyles. Hitler felt as if their extermination would establish a better lifestyle to those who were like him who did not have the wealth and status of the Jews living near him in his childhood. This act created worldwide chaos, flooded Germany’s government as well as other nations and diminished ethical values (annefrank.org ). . Additionally, the French Aristocracy in the 1700s dismissed its own contributions to its country; they not only dismissed physical contributions, such as taxes, but they also ignored the lives of the Third
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“Looser lives” is a metaphor of the nonchalant, unresponsive, unaware attitudes demonstrated by the noble class’s lack of contribution or consciousness of the spewing financial turmoil. “Looser tongues” is used to portray the selfish, hurtful, oblivious, and inconsiderate language used by the noble class towards the Third Estate, such as Foulon’s comment about the citizens “eating grass”(Dickens 219);despite being a direct cause for the financial struggle and immense poverty conditions, the aristocrats still continue making selfish and inhumane remarks. Additionally, in Cause and Effect:The French Revolution, by Robert Green, while describing the financial downfall during the late 1700s, Green illustrates that “Even if all the subjects paid their taxes, their bite would be unevenly felt, The rich could easily afford to pay for their salt, but the tax would consume a greater portion of a poor family’s income”(Green 27). Not only did the aristocracy refuse to pay its share of taxes, but its intended price to pay was equal to that of the Third Estate, which represents the lack of respect and consideration it had for them. The “bite” is used as symbolism to convey the difference between a hypothetical “chew” from the aristocracy and the same amount pressured onto the income of the Third Estate, which was far more
“Looser lives” is a metaphor of the nonchalant, unresponsive, unaware attitudes demonstrated by the noble class’s lack of contribution or consciousness of the spewing financial turmoil. “Looser tongues” is used to portray the selfish, hurtful, oblivious, and inconsiderate language used by the noble class towards the Third Estate, such as Foulon’s comment about the citizens “eating grass”(Dickens 219);despite being a direct cause for the financial struggle and immense poverty conditions, the aristocrats still continue making selfish and inhumane remarks. Additionally, in Cause and Effect:The French Revolution, by Robert Green, while describing the financial downfall during the late 1700s, Green illustrates that “Even if all the subjects paid their taxes, their bite would be unevenly felt, The rich could easily afford to pay for their salt, but the tax would consume a greater portion of a poor family’s income”(Green 27). Not only did the aristocracy refuse to pay its share of taxes, but its intended price to pay was equal to that of the Third Estate, which represents the lack of respect and consideration it had for them. The “bite” is used as symbolism to convey the difference between a hypothetical “chew” from the aristocracy and the same amount pressured onto the income of the Third Estate, which was far more