One of the major points that Golding wrote about was the power struggle between the two main characters Jack and Ralph. Throughout the book they represented the breakdown of relations between England and Germany. When the boys crashed onto the island, Ralph was immediately voted as the leader because he was very handsome and, at first had somewhat of a rapport with the boys. This strongly represented England just before the Second World War had started. England was a very civilised country, with great industrial strength and a big empire with strong forces. She looked impressive compared to less modernised countries. Germany was still strong but they had a much smaller empire w

ith much less power. The Germans were also still paying reparations for their actions in world war one and were coming out of a period of hyperinflation. Germany was envious of England and in "Lord of the Flies" the jealousy that Jack feels towards Ralph is enormous and represents the situation between England and Germany before World War two.

Piggy is a very important character in the book. Piggy's role on the book represents the plight of the Jews in the Second World War. He is bullied throughout the book by all of the boys and sometimes even by Ralph who is his friend. When Ralph tell all of the other boys Piggy's name, it shows that although he is the leader of the group they are a group of children. The fact that Ralph breaks Piggy's confidence emphasises that we are dealing with small boys. Piggy tells Ralph " I said I didn't care as long as the didn't call me Piggy; an' I said not to tell and then you went an' you said straight out." The fact that the reader never knows Piggys real name communicates to us that how Hitler and the Nazis never gave the Jews a chance to prove themselves. Piggys death and how it was so humiliating for him, shows how the Jews felt in the concentration camps and how their pride and self - esteem was when they died. Another reason for Piggy playing such a key character in the book was for him to represent how outsiders are exposed to danger Piggy was an outsider because of four main reasons - he speaks with a provincial accent, he wears thick round glasses, he is fat and resembles a pig and he suffers from asthma. All four of these points are not founded for someone to be bullied. It is because of the boys Piggy is around are aged four to twelve and at this age outward appearance for a lot more than inward ones. This was the same in war times. The Germans wanted a master race with their ideal family having blond hair and blue eyes. Firstly gypsies and disabled men were all targeted by the Nazis. This also happened in "Lord of the Flies"; all the boys that that died had a physical defect or something wrong with their outward appearance. Slowly the Germans were taking out people who didn't conform to their master race. Here, Golding gives us an indication of what could have happened if the boys had not been rescued. Slowly Jack would have picked on people who even slightly disagreed with him, until a master community was formed and Jack was head of it.

The characters of Maurice and especially of Roger reinforce the fact that Golding wanted to represent Jack as Hitler. They, in war are represented by Hitler's henchmen most notably were Goering, Himmler, Gobbles. In "Lord of the Flies", Jack, Maurice and Roger are bullies. On numerous occasions throughout the book we have evidence of this. For example, in Chapter four, Roger was throwing stones at a boy, finding it very amusing. The ultimate example of how much Golding tried to convey the evil of Hitler and how he was capable of murdering so many Jews, was when Piggy was hit by a rock and then fell to his death. Roger pushed this rock. Although Jack is never seen to physically perform a cruel act, he compels Maurice and Roger to do so. This is another similarity between Hitler and Jack.

Golding represents Hitler as Jack in the group of schoolboys. He conveys to the r

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