social & historical context of lord of the flies

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Mind Map on social & historical context of lord of the flies, created by jadeanaisfrancis on 06/03/2013.
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social & historical context of lord of the flies
  1. cold war
    1. different political views
      1. america - democracy
        1. russia - communist / dictatorship
          1. russia & america fought in the war
          2. social class
            1. believed good education = decent human being
              1. in this novel, Golding questions this
              2. British empire
                1. 33.7 million KM2
                  1. administered by UK
                    1. late 16th early 17th
                      1. Golden era - biggest empire in history
                        1. 1922 - governed 458 million people
                          1. 1922 - colonised 13,000,000 sqaure miles
                            1. british ruling groups across nations
                              1. colonising pattern of take over was common at this time
                                1. "British-ness" synonymous with "standards and values" of civilised society
                                  1. british empire begins to break in 1905
                                  2. WW 2
                                    1. Nazi party
                                      1. anti-jewish party who rose to power in 1930s
                                        1. rejected democracy
                                          1. Hitler was a dictator
                                        2. terrible acts of violence/slaughter during holocaust
                                          1. golding - pessimistic about human nature
                                            1. foul acts committed by educated 'civilised' people
                                            2. fear ruled in nazi germany
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