The Lord Of The Flies: Character Analysis

In 1934, Twenty years prior to Lord of The Flies being published a dark time in history took place. Adolf Hitler a well-known oligarch took control of Germany after its recession in 1933. He later annihilated over 6 million Jews in a range of 6 and half years. Years later an author named William Golding wrote an extensively known novel called Lord of the Flies. Mentioned in the book is a character named Jack, who appears to be motivated by Adolf Hitler.
Jack is an aspired version of Hitler because throughout the story he longs to be a dictator, doesn’t physically kill anyone and symbolizes Nazi colors. Jack symbolizes Nazi colors at the beginning of the story starting with his uniform. The uniform is “The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strange eccentric clothing. Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands, but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it. Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a Hambone frill” ( Golding 14) The Nazi uniforms were grey, red and black. On the jackets patches would be placed on the chest, shoulders and arms.

"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee: the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. 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 40 feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig after it has been killed"(Golding 181). "Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness" (Golding