Willam Goldings Lord of the Flies and its Comparisons to World War II

More people were killed, more nations got involved than any war before it. This war is being referred to is World War II. There are many examples of what happened during the war, these can be seen in Golding's Lord of the Flies. The characters in Golding’s Lord of the Flies mirror political leaders during World War II, as well as, the struggle of power among them.

Throughout the war, there were two major potencies. These potencies were the Axis Power and the Allis Power; both of these potencies can be seen in Lord of the Flies. Jack in the Lord of the Flies, who is the main antagonist, can conspicuously be seen as the Axis Power, moreover, as Adolf Hitler. Throughout Hitler's time, his mind started to become warped, and his execration for Jews began to increase. This can be visually perceived by Jack’s mind gradual becomes warped, and he becomes more primitive; along with his abhorrence for Ralph and Piggy. When Jacks mind starts to warp, and he became a symbol for the Axis Power, Ralph begins to symbolize the Allis Power. Even when it looked as if Jack was going to kill Ralph, Ralph still was able to resist and perpetuate to fight. Just like in the war, the Allis Power won over the Axis Power.

The chaos in Lord of the Flies can indubitably be seen in the book, as well as, in the movie adaptation of the book. The madness in the book version of Lord of the Flies, around the end of Lord of the Flies most of the boys hunted down one boy Ralph. While two of the boys, Simon and Piggy, end up getting killed throughout the story. The corruptness did not stop with in the book, in the movie adaptation of the book there was madness that occurred while the cameras were on and off. When they first started to film, the boys that...

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... puissance. There was many examples of how the characters made in their own way connections with authentic people in one of the most astronomically immense wars ever kenned to man, and the people that got caught up in their own desire for chaos and war ended up ascertaining the arduous way that their orchestrations would fall a component leaving them with nothing but hate. Some of them were even prosecuted as apostates. The Allis powered country’s boomed, this is like when Ralph was preserved all that the others endeavored for and spent much time on was all for nothing.

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