Internment Camps In Lord of the Flies Six million Jewish lives disappeared during the Holocaust of WWII. Lord of the Flies by William Golding can be interpreted as an allegory on the Second World War. The plot follows a group of British schoolboys, whose plane crashes on a deserted island while attempting to flee the bombings in their home country. Unaccompanied by any adults to maintain order, two leaders begin to emerge. Originally, Ralph had the whole of the group’s support, being voted chief. His camp on the beach represents the ghettos and concentration camps used in World War II. Jack eventually breaks off, taking most of the boys with him. The treatments in his camp are a symbol for the harshness of internment camps many Jews were sent…show more content… Before being sent to concentration camps, cities with many Jews built ghettos to isolate them from the rest of the German populace. Within those ghettos, a Jewish police force was put in place to maintain order and regulation. One such example was the Kovno ghetto. Along with the Jewish police force, there was additionally a Jewish council. The Jewish council was depended upon to make wise decisions. Even though the police were at a higher social standing than the rest of the Jewish population, the German Nazis held the true jurisdiction. Jewish police were in charge of enforcing German law, assigning other Jews to labor jobs, and even choosing which Jews were next for deportation. Because the police involuntarily followed German orders, “[some] ghetto residents held the police responsible for the policies it had to enforce…” ("Jewish police gathering at the main gate to the ghetto"). For this reason, members of the police force were condemned for the Germans’ doing, which they had no power over. During this time, Nazis were also reigning terror in the concentration camps. Brother and sister Rene Slotkin and Irene Hizme were victims of Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor who experimented with twins. Mengele would test on one twin, and use the other as a control. In this case Rene was the comparison, while Irene was injected with the experimental substances. While at Auschwitz, the twins were divided by gender. The horrors of…show more content… Ralph takes his role as chief seriously, and tries to combat the violence with wisdom. After Jack left the fire to hunt pigs, Ralph decides to call a meeting. Ralph is contemplating what to say to the boys, and he begins to think quite philosophically. He thinks, “if you were chief, then you [have] to be wise” (Golding 78). Here, Ralph is pondering how to wisely and intelligently lead the boys. In like manner, the Kovno Jewish council and police force were depended on for wisdom and guidance. During the meeting, Ralph speaks about the need for new rules, addressing the problem with the fire. The first mountain signal fire set the island ablaze, and Ralph wisely wants to prevent another disaster, saying, “[n]ow I say this and make it a rule, because I’m chief: we won’t have a fire anywhere but on the mountain. Ever” (Golding 81). Ralph uses his power as chief to create laws to protect the boys. “There [is] a row immediately” as the boys are angry oppose Ralph’s judgment (Golding 81). This is similar to how the Kovno Jewish police experienced blame and anger towards them as they enforced rules. Before Ralph became chief, the first day on the island Ralph finds a conch he uses to call the rest of the survivors to the very first meeting. It is then he and Piggy meet Samneric, who are twin brothers. Ralph’s thinks to himself,
