ALBERT SPEER PART B QUESTION HELP PLEASE!!

[undertale]

Hi everyone, does anyone have any tips on structuring a response to this question:

“People shape the events of their time more than events shape them.”
How accurate is this statement in relation to Albert Speer?

This is my plan so far..

SPEER SHAPES EVENTS:

- Joining the Nazi Party (shapes the event of the Great Depression as he manages to seek work)
- Good at his job as architect
- Nuremberg trials plea - "Good Nazi"
- Post Nuremberg - books, speeches and interviews
- With his appointment as Armaments - he shapes the outcome = improved efficiency of war production/increase in power
- Scorched Earth policy

EVENTS SHAPE SPEER
- 3 deaths, grandfather, Troost and Todt
- Hitler's Speech at the University
- Cold childhood (possibly deciding to pursue architecture?)
- Appointment as Armaments Minister
- Meeting Hanke - shaped him as Hanke provided the opportunities BUT Speer shaped these events by taking the opportunity

So my question is how do i structure this. I want to go chronologically, but idk. As you can see some events overlap in shaping and being shaped, so how would i structure this. Do i do it together in one paragraph? Also what is required in an introduction? In this essay must i cover ALL EVENTS in his life?

Any advice/tips would be appreciated!! 

[sudodds]

Hi everyone, does anyone have any tips on structuring a response to this question:

“People shape the events of their time more than events shape them.”
How accurate is this statement in relation to Albert Speer?

This is my plan so far..

SPEER SHAPES EVENTS:

- Joining the Nazi Party (shapes the event of the Great Depression as he manages to seek work)
- Good at his job as architect
- Nuremberg trials plea - "Good Nazi"
- Post Nuremberg - books, speeches and interviews
- With his appointment as Armaments - he shapes the outcome = improved efficiency of war production/increase in power
- Scorched Earth policy

EVENTS SHAPE SPEER
- 3 deaths, grandfather, Troost and Todt
- Hitler's Speech at the University
- Cold childhood (possibly deciding to pursue architecture?)
- Appointment as Armaments Minister
- Meeting Hanke - shaped him as Hanke provided the opportunities BUT Speer shaped these events by taking the opportunity

So my question is how do i structure this. I want to go chronologically, but idk. As you can see some events overlap in shaping and being shaped, so how would i structure this. Do i do it together in one paragraph? Also what is required in an introduction? In this essay must i cover ALL EVENTS in his life?

Any advice/tips would be appreciated!! 

Hey! With the current structure you have proposed, you're not providing a judgement! You shouldn't give equal weight to both sides of the argument. You need to make a call - do you think he was shaped by events or not? It can be nuanced, but you still need to make an assessment as to which side, overall, you believe is the most accurate. Once you've working out your opinion, I suggest structuring it according to the three most important events and issues relevant to Speer (that also work with this question). You don't need to cover all the events, you don't have enough time to do that frankly, only the most important. Yes, an introduction is required, and it should be structured in the same way you would any essay introduction.

Hope this helps!