The Holocaust In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

Hitler and the Holocaust is a very informational novel written by Robert S. Wistrich that not only explains this horrible time in history, but also gives us a look into the mind of Hitler and Nazi ideology. This book is not just centered on Hitler and Germany as it my sound, antisemitism spread like a plague all across Europe even before the Holocaust took place. In this work, Wistrich is not making an argument, but is trying to find an explanation on why so many inhumane actions were allowed.

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding writes the events of the plot in chronological order. It spans from the time the boys land onto the island, until the officer finds them and takes them off the island. A common motif is consistently found throughout the novel when the boys participate in pig hunts and shout their chant. As soon as the boys first land upon the island, they begin a spiritual journey, their descent into savagery. At the beginning of the novel, the boys are extremely civilized and orderly, however, as the plot continues, they slowly begin to transition into savages.

wrote this after publishing Lord of the Flies. It is our world, in the form of a story. The two leaders in the story are Ralph and Jack. Ralph starts off a comfortable leader of the boys, but by the end of the book, Ralph and his companion Piggy are alone facing Jack and the rest of the boys. As the novel progresses and the society on the island starts to change, so does Ralph. He begins thinking he has all the answers, but comes to realize that without Piggy he would have never gotten this far. By the end of the book, Ralph and Jack are complete opposites. Jack is about savagery and fun while Ralph is holding on to society, rules, and civilization. Appearing to be a weak leader due to defection of his followers, Ralph is actually dedicated and insightful, only loosing his followers because he could not compete with one category that attracts nearly everyone in the world: fun.

It took place during the same time, and many ideas and events are very similar. The Holocaust was a huge inspiration on Golding's book, and like the Holocaust,

Hitler killed anyone he did not like or agree with. He did this with zero remorse about his actions. Like Hitler, Jack would kill anyone he didn't agree with or like. Jack did not even realize what he was doing to people who used to call his friends. His tribe killed simon thinking he was some kind of beast. His tribe also attempted to hunt Ralph down and kill him all because he didn't agree with Jack's rules. An example of Jack killing with no remorse is when he Kills piggy and proceeds to say “See? See? Thats what youll get!”(Golding 181). Obviously one cannot compare Hitler's body count to Jacks but they both were horrible humans who killed just because they didn't like someone or one did not agree with them. One thing different about the two is Jack is killing for a god like figure. Jack was killing for the Lord of the Flies. Hitler was killing to try to gain world domination.

Jack and Adolf Hitler both dehumanized people who they deemed 'weaker' than themselves. For example, Jack bullied Piggy and took advantage of his cowardice. Jack made Piggy feel alone and weak. "By not calling him simply by his real name Jack and the other boys were dehumanizing Piggy, making him seem like less of a person, and a lot more of an object to be ridiculed." (Luckyfight901, Paragraph 12). Hitler also used the same tactics with Jewish people, he had a group of followers called "the Nazi's". The Nazi's despised Jewish people for not being of 'Aryan Race' (A 'perfect' human race), and they tortured people of Jewish descent because of this. Piggy was a toy for Jacks group of hunters, Jack and his tribe both verbally and physically abused Piggy, which eventually lead to his death. "[Ralph is] like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn't a proper chief."(Chapter 8, page 50). Since people had different views than Jack, he thought they were wrong and because of it, they had to suffer dearly.

The Holocaust was a system established by the Nazis in World War II as a means to exterminate all of the people which they considered undesirable or subhuman. This included gypsies,minorities,cripples, the mentally ill, homosexuals,communists,and anyone who opposed the Nazi regime. The main target of the Holocaust was however the Jewish people. They were the main target because the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, believed that they were the reason for Germany losing World War 1 and thus was the reason that the German economy was in a bad state. Vladek Spiegelman and Elie Weisel were to people who were both survived their experiences in the Holocaust and both told their story in books. These books are Night by Elie Wiesel and Maus by Vladek Spiegelman.The Holocaust shaped these two different men's lives in the same way. Through their losses and experiences in this horrific point in time they learned what it meant to truly struggle and this ultimately turned them into better people.

In conclusion, when Jack finds his way to power, controls his tribe with fear and intimidation, and nearly kills off Ralph's tribe through survival of the fittest, these points all clearly relate to some of of that of Hitler. Although Jack and Hitler do share some

The Holocaust was one of the world’s darkest hours, a mass murder conducted in the shadows of the world’s most deadly war. The Holocaust also known as Shoah, means a systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews during the WWII by German Nazi. Adolf Hitler the leader of Nazis, who afraid Jews would take power over Germans; also, many Germans felt they were mistreated by the lost so Jews were like a scapegoat from the previous war lose so they can treat them inhumanely (“The Holocaust”). Millions of Jews were sent to the concentration camps around Europe. In there, they were tortured and killed. Many horrible things happened

(History of the Holocaust). Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany when the Holocaust began (Rosenberg). Hitler made everyone fear him and what he was doing(Shepard). The Holocaust began by separating people by religion (Shepard). Anyone that was not up to their standards were put in these horrific camps (Shepard). A big problem to society were the Jews (History of the Holocaust). The living conditions of the places where everyone was kept were unsanitary and musky (History of the Holocaust). The way the housing was set up was men with men, and women with women and children (What was the Holocaust). The prisoners were fed little portions of food (History of the Holocaust). Many people died from hunger, disease, labor, and gas chambers (History of the Holocaust). 11 million people were killed, and 6 million of them were Jews (Rosenberg). While this horrible catastrophe happened, many countries stood by while the Nazis’s and others killed millions of targeted people (What was the

The Holocaust was a colossal systematic extermination and murder of about 6 million Jews in Eastern Europe under the criminal hands of Nazis and SS troops during World War II. It started from 1933 and ended in 1945, when the war in Europe finally ended. The whole genocide was organized methodically by the leader of Germany at the time, Adolf Hitler. His command of the operation quickly sprung to action after procedures took place. At first Jews were persecuted, stolen of their citizenship, then moved into ghettos, and quickly into concentration camps. The evil plot developed and grew and what started out as hatred turned into a scheme of mass murder. The resources that portray the critical themes in the Holocaust

One of the most crucial components of a storyline is the theme. It is the central message of the story. In the novel Lord of The Flies by William Golding, the message is that even the purest of hearts contain an innate animalistic behaviour. As suggested in the story, savagery is inherent in all beings because true evil lies within one’s genetics, personality, and their surroundings.

In Lord of the Flies, there are many characters, objects, and events that display the fact that when rules in society are absent, chaos is present. Within these events and objects are examples, which lead us to believe that absence of rules destroys organization and structure within the boys. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding uses the conch shell, the fire, the beast, Simon’s death, and Piggy’s death to show that without rules in society, there will be chaos.

The Holocaust is one of the biggest historical events that will always be remembered. It caused a lot of death, hurt, and trauma. It took place after World War 1. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party. After the Great Depression, the Germans turned to Adolf Hitler for help on getting rid of Jews because they believed that the Jews would only cause negative things to happen in the Germans life. The Germans believed everything was going to be better if they got rid of the Jews. When Hitler came into Germany as the Nazi leader, he created a new form of government that began to change everything. He controlled what was seen and known by the Jews. Hitler began to create Concentration camps and Ghettos where the Jews would be transported to.

The saying “Nothing lasts forever” is frequently used for something that is happening to a person’s life. It can be applied to everything because everything will die out eventually. An interesting example of the concept happening is the Lord of the flies. Lord of the flies written by William Golding, is an allegorical novel about formal school boys trapped on an island with no one around. Slowly by slowly fighting on what to do, they each lose their sanity and their civilization dies out. They become uncivilized savages. In the end the boys have killed two and set the island on fire. However, along the way Golding includes symbolism to foreshadow what is to come. The author exhibits an allegorical novel in which Golding uses the island, conch, Ralph, Piggy’s glasses, and the fire as a symbol to unleash human nature’s evilness.