Mrs. Twenge
English 2
Intensive
3 June 2016
Jack Vs. Adolf Hitler
In
Lord of the Flies, a novel by William
Golding. The boys were stuck on a deserted island. Jack is the savage and the
one that always got in the way. Jack and Adolf Hitler were both dictators. This
is true because they both used violence to keep their power, limited free
speech, and blamed others to keep the attention off of themselves.
One major similarity between Jack and
Hitler is that they both use violence and fear to gain and keep power. Golding
writes, “From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses.” (3). Jack's ability is to kill and impress the
other boys on the island. After Jack uses violence to steal piggy's glasses he
leads the other boys to go away. The boys value Jack to use his violence used to
secure Piggy's glasses. ''The violence of Hitler and the Nazi era is always in
the background, of course but entirely unacknowledged.’’ (2) Hitler used
violence and terror to control. Hitler carried out acts of violence. Hitler use
of terror, jack also used terror to control.
Jack and Hitler both limited free
speech. Golding writes, ''We don't need the conch…''The conch doesn't work on
this side of the island.” (3) Jack never respected the conch. Only Jack wants
to hear his voice and no one else’s. He wants to control the boys. On History
Learning it states, ''Censorship dominated the lives of the ordinary citizen in
Nazi Germany.'' (1) Hitler gained power because people would only hear the Nazi
party. Hitler and Jack both limit the voice of their people.
Jack
and Hitler blamed others to keep the attention off of themselves. Golding
writes, “He isn’t a proper chief…He’s a coward himself.’’ (3). Jack makes Ralph
look bad. Jack wants the boys following only him and blaming Ralph for their
problems. “History Place” states, “During the rise to power Hitler had
repeatedly blamed the Jews for Germany’s defeat in World War I economic
hardships.” (2) Hitler blamed the Jews for their country’s problems. It took
the attention off of him. Jack and Hitler both blame others, so they can be in
charge.
Therefore,
Jack from Lord of the Flies, is
similar to Adolf Hitler in many ways. They both were savage. They both wanted
to control everything.
Work Cited:
1. "Censorship
in Nazi Germany - History Learning Site." History Learning Site.
N.p., 2016.
Web. 03 June
2016.
2. "Don
DeLillo's White Noise." Google Books. Google, n.d. Web. 03 June
2016.
3. Golding,
William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin, 2003. Print.
4. "The
History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century: The Nazi Holocaust 1938-45."
The
History Place. The History
Place, 2000. Web. 03 June 2016.
