In 1889, a family in a small town in Austria welcomed a baby boy. When the boy was 16, he dropped out of school and went to Vienna, hoping to become an artist. The Academy of Fine Arts, however, rejected him for lack of talent. That hurt him very much and he spent five years drifting from job to job. He's fear of failure, and the pressure he hadfelt to please his father, led him to bebecome a frustrated fellow. He laterLater on, embracedhe took part in the First World War and he was decorated twice for bravery. However, I want you to know one thing,: this boy did not even want to be a soldier, but he became a soldier to hide his frustration. While he was in Vienna, where he was rejected as an artist, he developed some extreme Nationalisticextremely nationalistic and racist ideas. DoCan you see how that rejection haunted him?

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