Benito Mussolini

As a child, Benito Mussolini always dreamed of a life in politics. Although Mussolini was a troubled youth, he became a popular figure in Italy, broke an Italian record, and started his own political party. His tools for being a dictator were: Fascism and Blackshirts. He was arrested several times for various reasons and captured by Italians. Most Italians loved Mussolini; however, he wasn’t loved enough.

Benito Mussolini was born July 29, 1883, Predappio, Italy. (Benito pg.1). He grew up in a poor household. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a blacksmith. While in school he was said to have a terrible attitude. He had been expelled from school for fighting. In his youth he was known as a troubled child.

Although Benito Mussolini grew up so out of control; he was able to become a school teacher when he was eighteen. An eager young man, he decided that politics was his passion. To get ready for this career, he studied newspaper articles. Mussolini was not sure how he would get into politics. Working with his dad, they both talked about everything politics. His father, a socialist republican, believed the monarchy was useless and the economy wasn’t operated appropriately. Being young, Mussolini adapted into the same behavior.

Mussolini packed all his belongings and moved to Switzerland in 1902. In search of politics, he met two Italian socialist who got him a job as a brick layer. He later joined a trade union; eventually, he got fired because he started a riot at the job site. In 1903, he returned to Italy. He was sent to war, but started attacking the Catholic Church and was sent to Po valley. He got into the socialist party in Forli. He was very excited to be the secretary and editor of a socialist newspa...

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...tage when Hitler’s army came to rescue him from imprisonment. They gave him a simple task of ruling the Italian Social Republic.

Mussolini did in fact turn to socialism; a turn that shocked most Italians. He wasn’t in total power like before, but only because the German Commuter was over him now. When the troops from Italy came close to where Mussolini was, he ran to Switzerland. He thought he was safe; however, he was captured and killed by his own people.

Mussolini started as a hopeless youth; eventually, he grew into an eager young man who dreamed of politics. He studied and learned everything he thought he needed to make it into politics. He became a writer, then an editor, and later a prime minister. He made his own political party and invented his own militia. He did change his political views, but it was too late for Italians to trust Mussolini any longer.