How does Jack represent the Nazis in Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

Jack arrived at the platform at the head of two columns of marching boys all dressed in black. This is a clear allusion to the Germans marching across Europe at the start of World War II. Jack's choir obey his orders, they fear his temper, much as Nazi soldiers excused their behaviour after World War II by saying they were only carrying out orders because they had to. Jack and his choir take on an almost military role, as well as being hunters (food supply) they are in charge of the fire (communications) and later in the book Jack tells the boys that his hunters will protect them from the beast. Ralph dismissed castle rock as 'a rotten place' but Jack saw it as a potentially defensible headquarters (a military fortress). Jack fulfils a Hitler-like role as the solo commander who makes decision without regard to anyone else. Jack expects his decisions to be carried out without complaint, under the threat of physical violence and punishments. Jack tells Ralph to 'stick to his own end of the island' but it is Jack who continually encroaches into Ralph's territory. Jack wants absolute control of everyone and everything on the island and is willing to settle for nothing less, no matter what the cost.