Rise to Power: Lord of the Flies

Rise to Power Disappointment marked his life since his childhood and consistent failure in his earlier life led him to become a cruel ruler. Adolf Hitler was a dictator of Germany and he focused his hatred in the Jewish community. He manipulated the Germans by promising them protection and firm leadership. In the book, “Lord of the Flies”, by William Golding, the character Jack Merridew represents Adolf Hitler and his actions. They are both cruel and are eager to get power at any extent. They maintained power and control by using cruel methods and punishing people. Hitler killed millions of Jews and non-Germans and his opponents, and Jack punished whoever disobeyed in his tribe and tried to get rid of anyone that might be a threat like Ralph. Both Hitler’s and Ralph’s continuous failure made their anger grow and caused them to reach a point where there was no humanity left in them. First, Adolf Hitler had a rough childhood that had violence in its memories. “Adolf Hitler was a little-known political leader whose early life had been marked by disappointment.” (Beck, Roger 477)He was born on April 20th, 1889 in Braunau am Inn. He was born to Alois Hitler and Karla Polzl. Out of six children, only he and his younger sister, Paula, could survive into adulthood. He currently had to witness his fathers brutal violence towards his mother, his father would often beat him and his mom. Hitler had unfathomable bitterness towards his father who wanted him to pursue a career like his, Hitler’s’ father was a custom official by profession, but instead he dropped out of high school as a revolt towards his father. After dropping out of high school, he tried to be a painter but he was twice rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna during 1907-1908. Hitler’s hatred towards Jews began from having seen an orthodox Jew community in Vienna. He blamed Jews for Germanys collapse and economic problems. Second, after World War I began, Hitler volunteered for the German army and

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