Brendon Price Mrs. Matthews English 10 18, May 2016 Lord Of The Flies The theme of the Lord of the Flies is that we can all do evil and wrong. For example, when the littluns start to become scared of their dreams and the “beast”, Jack said, “The thing is fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream. There aren’t any beasts to be afraid of on this island. It’d serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!” (Golding 83.) Jack could’ve easily handled the situation a lot better but instead he chose to hurt the feelings of the littluns and scare them even more. Another example is when Piggy lashes out at Jack saying, “You and your blood, Jack Merridew! You and your hunting! We might’ve gone home-” (Golding 70). In return Jack punches piggy and breaks his glasses, both of them were wrong for lashing out at each other like that. …show more content…
Both leaders promised food to their people. In Jack’s case, meat from pigs. Jack also promised a better life for people who joined his tribe in the same way Hitler promised a better life for the German people. “Jack ignored him, Ralph lifted his spear and began to shout. ‘Listen, all of you. Me and my hunters, we’re living along the beach by a flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe come and see us. Perhaps I’ll let you join. Perhaps not’ (Goldin, 140)”. Many boys, sick of the boring tasks of building shelters and looking after a fire and eating only fruit were attracted to Jack’s message. Many German people were attracted to Hitler because he said would fix their economy and as Jack said he would, “give them meat.” (Golding 143). Both Jack and Hitler also had scapegoats. Jack rallied the boys to him with promises of getting to hunt “the beast” he blamed for their problems and Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany’s