major events of 1930s - 1950s that may have had an impact or influence upon the writing of The Lord of the Flies
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FDR becomes president
FDR defeats Hoover for the presidency. This event relates to the Lord of the Flies because Jack wins the boys over from Raph by providing meat and doing whatever you want and when you want to do it. -
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and the Regin of Nazi Germany begins. This event relates to the lord of the flies because Jack becomes the leader of the boys when he provides meat and throws a party it shows a change in leadership like when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. -
Germany Leaves the League of nation
Germany leaves the league of nations because Germany was forced to pay up, which caused hyperinflation, which was one of the major tools used to make people follow Hitler. This event relates to the Lord of the Flies because Jack left Ralphs's lot to get people under his control. -
Nazi's takes Down under
Hitler marches into Austria and takes the land. This event relates To the Lord of the Files because Jack and his group go to ralph group twice to take their fire. -
Joe Louis defends his world heavyweight crown for the third time
A record in boxing history. His most memorable match was against the former champion Max Schmeling. Louis beat the German in 2 minutes and 4 seconds, battering him so badly that Schmeling was hospitalized for 10 days.This event relates to the Lord of the Flies when Jack beats up a littlun for fun. -
German chancellor Adolf Hitler refuses to recognize US achievements
In the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Jesse Owens wins four gold medals. He breaks Olympic and world records, but German dictator Adolph Hitler refuses to recognize the American's achievements. This relates to the Lord of the flies because Ralph refuses to recognize that Jack and his hunters for their efforts of hunting for meat. -
First African american to be a judge
William Hastie becomes the first black federal judge as President Roosevelt appoints blacks to high offices. This event relates to the Lord of the Files because Piggy besides his appearance is shown to the crowd as a wise smart boy. -
Congress passes the Fair Labor Standards Act
The US Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act so that employers can no longer exploit their workers. This event relates to the Lord of the Flies because Ralph made sure that the littluns' played while they work and let the bigun's play when they felt like being done because if he tried to, all he would get were strikes. -
the first commercial air flight crosses the Atlantic Ocean
The first passenger flight crosses the Atlantic ocean in the year of 1939. This event relates to the Lord of the Flies is that the boys were brought there by a plane. -
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WWII
World war two saw a lot of change. It changed the Great War (the one to end all wars) to become WWI and it would have never happened if the people who were supposed to enforce the treaty of Versailles, enforce this. The way that WWII relates to the Lord of the Flies is the use of the atomic bomb in WWII and the pilot talking about an atomic bomb. -
Battle Of Britian
by the 1940s, Germany had only one enemy left, which was Great Britain to have all of Europe under Germany's rule. The germans used bombs and took over their airspace to try to take Great Britain. This was the first defeat of the Germans in WWII. This relates to The lord of the flies because this attack was during a lot of the main part of the evacuation plan which is what they might have been escaping from. -
Attack on pearl harbor
By far the biggest pushover for Americans in 1941 to join the allied powers was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a day that would indeed, as FDR said, live in infamy. This relates to the Lord of the flies because until the boys seen the beast for themselves they sit idly by like the United States in WWII. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The single largest uprising of the Germans and Jews, because the Jews didn't want to go, where the germans want them to. This relates to the Lord of the Files when Jack and and his hunters wanted to hunt while the rest of the group wanted to be resued. -
D-Day
the day when the Allies landed in Normandy on the way to liberate Europe from the Nazis. The way that this event relates to the Lord of the flies is that the older boys would Try to kill the beast which was their enemy. -
the Yalta Conference.
President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and premier Josef Stalin met to decide the aftermath fate of Germany and Europe. This relates to the Lord of the Flies because they field Britain and were ambushed (assumedly by a nazi aircraft), so they might have been there to hear about it. -
Germans surrender to the allied powers
The day of the axis powers falling because one of the final two countries of the allied powers surrendered to the Allied powers. This relates to the Lord to the flies because the final two people left in ralph's group (piggy and ralph) subsume to Jacks's lot when they ate the meat. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
So that the Allied power ensured the winning of WWII, they use the atomic bombs on Japan and then Japan surrendered to the Allied powers. The way that this event relates to the Lord of the Flies is that the bombs used were atomic bombs and the pilot that brought the boys to the island said something about an atomic bomb. -
United nations founded
The UN was founded to take over the failed league of nations and to prevent any future wars. This relates to the Lord of the flies because the UN created a safe place for two countries to converse and the boys did the same thing with the conch. -
The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill condemns Soviet Union policies in Europe through his Speech called the "Iron Curtain". This event relates to the Lord of the FIles because the setting of the book starts off with an evacuation plane with a country on the brink of war and it was like that with the cold war.
