Paul Kantorek's Propaganda
Paul and many of his classmates decided to go fight in the Great War because of false hopes and propaganda. His very own teacher, Kantorek had given long persuading lectures until all the class went to District Commandant to volunteer for war. Paul said Kantorek would glare at them and stated “ won’t you join up, comrades?” One student who didn’t want to go feared ostracization and being thought of as coward so he ended up joining. He used multiply types of propaganda to fool the young men like bandwagon, transfer, stereotyping, red herring, and a lot of appeal to fear. He used bandwagon when some wouldn’t join and the rest of the class already did, then transfer when he spoke to evoke patriotism and red herring to give false hopes and information