Laura Topf
Honors English 9 2nd hour
Ms.Walters
14 March 2016
The Reason for This Madness In many situations, people do immoral things with little to no explanation. In the Milgram experiments, a subject was told to quiz another person, and shock the person if he got the answer wrong. When the subjects questioned if this was right or okay, they were told that they had no responsibility. And so in almost every case they on administering higher and higher voltage shocks.By the end of the study,79% of the subjects delivered the maximum voltage because a person with higher authority and responsibility told them to (Mills, K.I.). This blind obedience is also seen in World War II, where soldiers caused the deaths of six million Jews. In Lord of …show more content…
In both of these situations, people cope with the terrible things they have done by blaming external sources.
First, by blaming propaganda, people can come to terms with terrible deeds. The Nazi soldiers and civilians blamed misleading information for their bad actions. In World War II, Germany published may different medias of propaganda, including books, films, music, art, and even textbooks and other educational materials (Nazi Propaganda). Germans were brainwashed into believing the Nazi Party was carrying through what needed to be done, and that Jews were terrible monsters for driving Germany ruin (The Effect of Nazi Propaganda on Ordinary Germans). Because Germans were surrounded by promotion, the terrible deeds they carried through by taking part of the Nazi Party could be justified by blaming the media and advertising. They blamed the bad publicity for brainwashing them, because they could not help if they saw the …show more content…
During World War II, Hitler had rallies where thousands were captivated by every word he said. Everyone saluted him, and no one dared to disobey Hitler. (The Triumph of Hitler) Hitler provided unity and convinced people to join the Nazi Party. Because of the unity that is shown, many Germans followed Hitler. In Lord of the Flies, the solidarity is very clear. During the party of savages, Jack leads the boys through a dance, a ritual recreation of the pig hunt. As the dance continues, a chant begins, and the boys begin saying, “[k]ill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”(152) When Ralph and Piggy see this, they “[find] themselves eager to take place in this demented but partly secure society”(152). The savages created a sense of unity, a thing that Ralph and Piggy attempt to create, but fail. Piggy and Ralph, two of the heroes of Lord of the Flies, have joined the dark and savage because of the mob mentality. They realize that the practice is “demented”, but they blame their actions on the fact that they wish for a secure society, and the society of savages is more secure than what the boys started out with. The situations of World War II and in Lord of the Flies are similar because one might see the flaws of Hitler, but want to be a part of the union because of the peer pressure and feeling of unity; while similarly, Piggy and Ralph both blamed their savage actions on the consensus
Honors English 9 2nd hour
Ms.Walters
14 March 2016
The Reason for This Madness In many situations, people do immoral things with little to no explanation. In the Milgram experiments, a subject was told to quiz another person, and shock the person if he got the answer wrong. When the subjects questioned if this was right or okay, they were told that they had no responsibility. And so in almost every case they on administering higher and higher voltage shocks.By the end of the study,79% of the subjects delivered the maximum voltage because a person with higher authority and responsibility told them to (Mills, K.I.). This blind obedience is also seen in World War II, where soldiers caused the deaths of six million Jews. In Lord of …show more content…
In both of these situations, people cope with the terrible things they have done by blaming external sources.
First, by blaming propaganda, people can come to terms with terrible deeds. The Nazi soldiers and civilians blamed misleading information for their bad actions. In World War II, Germany published may different medias of propaganda, including books, films, music, art, and even textbooks and other educational materials (Nazi Propaganda). Germans were brainwashed into believing the Nazi Party was carrying through what needed to be done, and that Jews were terrible monsters for driving Germany ruin (The Effect of Nazi Propaganda on Ordinary Germans). Because Germans were surrounded by promotion, the terrible deeds they carried through by taking part of the Nazi Party could be justified by blaming the media and advertising. They blamed the bad publicity for brainwashing them, because they could not help if they saw the …show more content…
During World War II, Hitler had rallies where thousands were captivated by every word he said. Everyone saluted him, and no one dared to disobey Hitler. (The Triumph of Hitler) Hitler provided unity and convinced people to join the Nazi Party. Because of the unity that is shown, many Germans followed Hitler. In Lord of the Flies, the solidarity is very clear. During the party of savages, Jack leads the boys through a dance, a ritual recreation of the pig hunt. As the dance continues, a chant begins, and the boys begin saying, “[k]ill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”(152) When Ralph and Piggy see this, they “[find] themselves eager to take place in this demented but partly secure society”(152). The savages created a sense of unity, a thing that Ralph and Piggy attempt to create, but fail. Piggy and Ralph, two of the heroes of Lord of the Flies, have joined the dark and savage because of the mob mentality. They realize that the practice is “demented”, but they blame their actions on the fact that they wish for a secure society, and the society of savages is more secure than what the boys started out with. The situations of World War II and in Lord of the Flies are similar because one might see the flaws of Hitler, but want to be a part of the union because of the peer pressure and feeling of unity; while similarly, Piggy and Ralph both blamed their savage actions on the consensus