He's Alive story
The struggling leader of a small group of Neo-Nazis receives advice from a mysterious stranger about gaining followers. Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg. Story by: Rod Serling.
16 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fascism | choice | Uniforms, hatred, torches, fisticuffs, murders - the story was above all a warning of how such things may come about again. |
| becoming a harder person | major | Hitler extolled Peter to put sentimentality aside, to steel himself, to become a tougher person. |
| demagoguery | major | Hitler schooled Peter in the rhetorical techniques of how to get crowds of people to buy into his message of hate. |
| ethnic hatred | major | Hitler took the young neo-Nazi leader Peter under his wing and taught him how to more effectively spread his message of hatred toward minorities (e.g. the Jews and Asian people) to the American public at large. |
| friendship vs. personal conviction | major | Peter's odious convictions threatened his relationship with Ernst. Later Peter betrayed/sacrificed Nick for the cause; later Ernest confronted Peter who hit him; Peter finally killed Ernst |
| hate begets hate | major | Peter explained his troubled youth while explaining his ideology. An officer dropped the flag in front of Peter's feet, later Peter imitated that action with money in front of land lord's outstretched hands. Ernest explained Peter with reference to Peter's troubled youth. |
| historical figure | major | The shadowy figure who was advising the young neo-Nazi leader Peter turned out to be none other than Adolph Hitler. [Adolf Hitler] |
| Nazism | major | Hitler supported Peter as he tried to grow his struggling neo-Nazi group. |
| personal conviction | major | This was a story about people who burn with zeal for some pet political ideology. |
| racial supremacism | major | The story followed the hate monger Peter as he tried to grow his struggling neo-Nazi group. |