Homo
Sapiens 1900 demonstrated the prevalence of eugenics
all over the world. It related eugenics to Dr. Frankenstein as they both use science
to intervene in processes of nature. This implies that eugenics, like Dr. Frankenstein,
takes part in a mad form of science. Beginning to realize this, the American
propaganda film displayed how the United States started to feel about eugenics.
Dr. Hitler’s Blood Tonic depicted Hitler as a scam
artist. He was facetiously referred to as a doctor because he seemed to be
trying to cure his country of deformity and illness by ridding it of what he
would deem as imperfect people. The propaganda film also showed the destruction
of a neighborhood consisting of people from various ethnic backgrounds. This provided
imagery to the people watching the film of how horrific and destructive
eugenics could be.
The idea of eugenics escalated, and Hitler’s Aryan race
was soon formed. Hitler’s idealization of fitness and perfection put the lives
of the imperfect at great risk.
-Elaina DiClemente
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