Jack Vs. Adolf Hitler

                               

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.