Lord of the Flies by William Golding

One thousand people were brutally murdered by German U-Boats during World War 2. The causes of D-day and the U-Boat peril were all stemmed from fear. Throughout World War Two, The Axis and Allied Powers were afraid that if they lost, their way of life and government would be taken away. William Golding represents these causes and actions in his novel, Lord of the Flies, with subtle visualizations that are conceptually similar to the actual causes of the two events of war. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding looks at how D-day and the U-Boat Peril triggered a sense of fear, which prompted the leaders of both sides to take drastic measures, and he implements these concepts into his book. The actions that the characters take in Golding's Lord of the Flies serve as an allegory to the D-day Invasion and the U-Boat Peril in World War Two.
The Germans power struck fear into the Allied countries, which drove Allied leaders to initiate the D-day invasion. Hitler was aware of the Invasion of Normandy, but he wasn’t sure when it was going to take place. Since he was confident in his military power and the Allied forces had dissipated across the Mediterranean, he disregarded the threat. But in November of 1943, Hitler could no longer ignore the invasion. He started taking defensive maneuvers by reinforcing the French beaches, placing mines, and barricading any entrance into France to protect his French territory. The German troops were also at an advantage because, “It [, Omaha,] was defended by the best German troops in the area, tough combat veterans who had recently been sent to Normandy for more training” (Bigelow et al. 267). This scared the Allied leaders because their troops were dropping like flies. During this time, the Russians h...

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...arted committing terrorist attacks on the U.S. and other countries. Fear shouldn’t make you do irrational things, like the mass genocides that occurred during World War Two.

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Golding, John. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin Group, May 2006. Print.