How Did Hitler Get Power In Lord Of The Flies

Jack, a main character in Lord of The Flies, reminds me of a horrible man in history, Adolf Hitler. They both have done horrible things. Hitler and Jack have a lot in common, but they are also dissimilar. These two evil people obtained their power in varying ways yet they used their power in similar ways. In Lord of the Flies, Jack rules over most of the boys when he comes to power. This is evident when Jack feeds most of the boys on the island (Golding 136). Jack, too, employed fear and food to influence the boys to join him. When Jack had few boys against him, he forced them to join him or they would be hurt (Golding 166). Before and during World War II, Hitler rules over Germany when he comes to power. Hitler, however, wasn't

Jack gained support through fear and and access to food in a relatively short time (Golding 137). Hitler’s ideas gained support over a longer period of time. Hitler started very low in politics joining the German Workers’ party. He was soon seen as a leader because of his speeches. “The audience was hypnotized. It shouted with joy; it yelled; it wept. The meeting had nothing to do with politics anymore. It had become a mass of believers in miracles” (Shuter 14). According to the online source, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hitler became chancellor, the head of the German government in

However, Jack didn't have many people that did not support him on the island. Hitler had continents against him. Hitler started World War II, which resulted in the deaths of millions of people. “On September 1, 1939, Hitler began World War II with an invasion of Poland” (Shuter 33). Jack never killed anyone himself but influenced his followers to kill both Simon and Piggy. “The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face… The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.” (Golding 139). “High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all of his weight on the lever… The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from knee to chin… Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went… Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea… Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.” (Golding