William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983, and the novel's allegorical nature earned it a position in the “Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the publisher's list and 25 on the readers' list” (Lord of the Flies: Background). Golding's thought-provoking novel was written and published while the world was still remembering the horrors of World War II, and many parts and components of the novel can be linked to World War II, particularly Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime. Many comparisons can be made between Lord of the Flies and the events that occurred during Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. The group of choirboys led by Jack Merridew can be compared to the brutal and intimidating Nazi police force of the Gestapo. The same character Jack Merridew can be compared to the father of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler because they both gained support using fear. Dehumanization is also present in the form of young Piggy and the Jewish people are the Lord of the Flies and Hitler's Nazi regime respectively. Lord of the Flies features a group of former choir boys more commonly known as the Hunters and this group of boys have a lot in common and shared many tactics with Hitler's Gestapo police force. The hunters in Lord of the Flies used violence as a way to intimidate younger boys into thinking they should be afraid of themselves and Jack. “Roger let it pass straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones.” (Golding 62). Roger is a member of the Hunters and can be compared to a member of the Gestapo, he uses his strength and age as a way to use violence to assert the power of the little ones. Roger intimidated the little… middle of paper… of their crusades, both gained political support by promoting fear. A final comparison can be seen regarding the dehumanization present in both situations. Works Cited “Lord of the Flies: Context.” Lord of the Flies. 2013. “Gestapo Torture of Jews in Warsaw Prisons Reported, List of Guilty Nazis Published.” . The Global Jewish News Source, October 19, 1942. Web. December 10, 2013. “Hitler Rises to Power.” . United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Network. December 11, 2013. "Dehumanization of the Jews." . Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, n.d. Web. December 16 2013. .