“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | " Ever Wonder Why Memories of Hitler Still Stur Trouble" |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | James Donahue |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | Tripod |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | Tripod |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | 2010 |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 6 February 2012 |
<URL address> (ALL of it) | http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/id93.html |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV). |
The reason why Germany was left in ruins is because "His downfall was drugs " (James L. Donahue). |
Historians argue that wasn't fully responsible for the decisions that he made and rather the medications he was taking that were given to him by his quackish doctor Theodor Morrell. "But the man began mixing this drug with heroin. The combination drove him insane. After a while he lost his ability to be rational about the decisions he made. He consequently made deadly mistakes. They cost Germany the war and cost Hitler his life" (James L. Donahue). |
The author even recommends that viewers should see Hitler in the most unbiased way possible "To be fair, we must remember that Hitler was a very popular leader among the German people before the war. He rose to power during a period of deep financial crisis, when the entire world was suffering from the Great Depression. Hitler brought stabilization to the nation's failing economy, created jobs, regenerated national pride after Germany was defeated in the Great War, and he developed social programs that people liked" (James L. Donahue). |
The author gives a positive point of view on how "Hitler also was a genius in that he was able, in such a short time, to turn a defeated people into a war engine, the likes of which the world has never seen. He brought together a team of scientists who helped develop technologies that still influence the way we live. The popular Volkswagen "bug" was designed and produced on his order because he wanted Germany to have a car for the common man. He was a dynamic public speaker who excited the imagination of all who listened" (James L. Donahue). |
Because of Hitler's involvement in the Holocaust, many refuse to realize the many positive contributions he had inputed, but "... Hitler failed. He consequently went down in the books as a demon-possessed character that never should have lived" (James L. Donahue). |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
James L. Donahue gives a brief explanation on how Hitler helped the German economy after WWI and on how he inspired the German people. He also explains the fact that Hitler did intake drug consumptions that greatly influenced his irrational decisions towards the end of WWII and which cost Germany the war and its destruction. The author questions whether or not it was really Hitler's fault that Germany was left in complete ruins after WWII ended, or was the drugs that he was consuming at the time.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
James L. Donahue is a retired newspaper reporter, editor and columnist with more than 40 years of experience in professional writing. He currently produces an estimated five articles weekly for this web site.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
The site is just simply informative.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
There is a bias due to the fact that the author does not go against Hitler and rather speaks of his accomplishments.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
The author doesn't site any references which can cause the argument to be not as strong.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this source to support the idea that the reason why Germany was left in complete ruins after WWII wasn't entirely Hitler's fault and rather the drugs that he was consuming at the time.
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