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 oratorical skills and the speed with which he seized power in Europe. William Golding's Lord of the Flies was published in 1950, written at a time when the world was recovering from World War II. The novel was released at a time when the horrors of Nazi Germany and Hitler were still fresh in the minds of people around the world. It is very likely that Golding, a member of the Royal Navy during the First World War, wrote The Lordship of the Flies as an allegorical interpretation of what happened at that time: Hitler, his rise to power, the treatment reserved for Jewish people and the post-war state of the world. The novel, Lord of the Flies, can be compared in its similarity to historical figures and events surrounding World War II. The lesson that Golding learned through his war experience is prominent in the story of the novel. There is a clear connection between the characters and events created by Golding on the island, and the real-life characters and events that occurred in the 1930s and 1940s in Europe as well as around the world. As both stories unfold, the same universal theme is revealed. When comparing Lord of the Flies and the characters 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 it was forced to do was pay reparations to other countries, such as Great Britain and France, for all damages caused. The payment of these reparations plunged Germany into an economic depression. One element of Hitler's program promised the Germans that he would be... middle of paper... under different circumstances. While the events in Golding's novel took place on the small scale of an island where only thirty boys reside, the events in real life affected the global community. The evil that resided in Jack changed the schoolchildren of a remote island, but the hateful nature of Adolf Hitler changed the world forever. Regardless of the size and magnitude of the impact, the effect of Jack and Hitler is the same and reveals the same truth about human nature. Hitler convinced millions of people to believe horrible and hateful things they otherwise would not have believed; Golding showed the world that even innocent schoolchildren, under the age of twelve, are capable of the same thing. Both showed that no matter how innocent, kind, or good a person may be, there is an inevitable evil that all humans possess..