Odalyz
Corona
Mrs.
Twenge
English
2 Intensive
3
June 2016
Comparing Jack and Hitler
The novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a book about a group of
kids who get stranded in an island. Jack is a dictator, same as Adolf Hitler. A
dictator is a person exercising absolute power especially a ruler who has absolute
unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. Hitler and
Jack used violence to keep their power and limited free special.
Both Jack and Hitler stole power. Both
were selfish. Golding writes, “He was a chief now in truth, and he made
stabbing motions with his spear from his left hand dangled piggy’s broken
glasses.” (3). Jack stole Piggy’s glasses to have something to fire up food. On
the JewishVirtualLibrary site, it states, “Hitler’s first target was Germany’s
closets neighbor to the east, Poland. And agricultural country with little
military power. Hitler attacked Poland from three directions on September 1,
1939 and in just over one month Poland surrendered.” (4) Hitler is also a selfish, he took over Poland,
Gechaslovaka, Austria and much more. The reasons why he took countries was
because he wanted more power, more land and more resources. Jack and Hitler are
both alike. They both took over things that did not belong to them just to gain
power.
Jack and Hitler are both murders. They
kill to keep their power, Jack encourages the boys to kill Simon in a tribal
frenzy. Golding writes, “Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.”(3)
Jack encouraged his death. “ At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5
million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with
German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish
airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the
Baltic Sea.” (4) Hitler also murdered people from Poland.
In camps and ghettos. Hitler murdered
people for more power. Jack and Hitler are murders. They murdered people to
gain more power and used fear to control their followers.
Jack and Hitler limited free speech, Jack
and Hitler represents evil and violence, they were the dark side of a human
nature. Jack no longer respected the conch, he says, “The conch doesn’t count
on top of the mountain.” (3) This quote
represents that Jack has potentially lost respect for the conch because
savagery has won. He said he’s going to become leader no matter what. He is not
going to listen to others. In fact, he wants the others to listen to him and
follow what he says. They can only speak where they are told to. Hitler stated,
“Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.” (1) Nothing can stop Hitler from
ruling people, he had all the power he needed and was willing to gain more.
Free Speech and Free Press states, “It was under the Nazi regime, with Hitler
in control of all Germany, that freedom of the press was liberty that was
completely removed.” (2). Hitler limited free speech, he burned books so the
people wouldn’t get any smarter or get educated. And questioned him on why he
did things. No one was allowed to have free speech in Jack or Hitler’s worlds.
Jack and Hitler are dictators, they ruled
people the way they wanted. They both stole power and limited free speech. They
used fear to control their followers. They both represent evil and violence.
They are the dark side of human nature.
Works Cited
1. "Five
Million Forgotten - Holocaust's Non-Jewish Victims." Non-Jewish Victims
of the
Holocaust: 5 Million Often Forgotten. N.p., n.d. Web. 03
June 2016
2. "Germany."
Free Speech and Free Press Around the World. N.p., 22 Apr. 2015. Web. 03
June
2016.
3. Golding,
William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin, 2003. Print.
4. "Holocaust
Forgotten - Six Million Polish Citizens Were Killed During the Holocaust."
Poland. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June 2016
5. "The
Quotations Page: Quote from Helen Keller." The Quotations Page.
N.p., n.d. Web. 03
