The Second World War was an event that shook the world. The German Nazi Party shocked the world with its ideology. Adolf Hitler also amazed with his oratory skills and the speed with which he took power in Europe. Lord of the Flies by William Golding was published in 1950, written at a time when the world was recovering from the Second World War. The novel was published at a time when the horrors of Nazi Germany and Hitler were still fresh in the minds of people around the world. There is strong speculation that Golding, a member of the Royal Navy during World War I, wrote Lord of the Flies as an allegorical interpretation of what happened in those times: Hitler, his rise to power, the treatment of the Jewish people and post-war world state. The novel, Lord of the Flies, can be compared in similarity to the historical figures and events surrounding World War II. The lesson that Golding learned from his experience with war is prevalent in the story of the novel. There is a clear connection between the characters and events of the plot that Golding creates on the island, and the real characters and events that happened in the 1930s and 1940s in Europe and around the world. As both stories unfold, the same universal theme is revealed. When comparing Lord of the Flies and the figures surrounding World War II, many similar character traits and ways of thinking become clear. After World War I, Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles and one of the things Germany was forced to do was compensate other nations, such as Great Britain and France, for all the damage caused. The payment of such reparations sent Germany into an economic depression. One of the articles on Hitler's platform promised the Germans that he... middle of paper... under different circumstances. While the events that occurred in Golding's novel occurred on a small scale of an island where no more than thirty boys resided, the events that occurred in real life affected the global community. The evil that resides in Jack has changed the school kids on an isolated island, but Adolf Hitler's hate-filled nature has changed the world forever. Regardless of the scope and quantity of the impact, the effect that both Jack and Hitler had is the same and reveals the same truth about human nature. Hitler convinced millions of people to believe horrible and hateful things that they otherwise would not have believed; Golding showed the world that even innocent boys, no older than twelve, are capable of the same thing. Both demonstrated that no matter how innocent, kind, or good a person may be, there is an inescapable evil that all human beings possess..