Freud's Theory In Lord Of The Flies

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The Lord of the flies by William Golding shows a lot of darkness in human personality using Freud’s theory. Golding shows us Jack as the Id, Ralph as the Ego and Piggy as the Superego. In freud's theory he said “a person is the site of a struggle between untamed desires: the id, the primitive and instinctive component of personality; the ego, the realistic, decision-making component; and a sort of conscience, the superego, that embodies selfless actions and the ideals of civilization taught to us by our parents, teachers, and religious affiliations.” (Structure of Mind: Freud's Id, Ego, & Superego) Id is the part of the personality structure that is disorganized and contains the source of what our body needs, wants, desires, and …show more content…

It seeks to please the id in realistic ways that will benefit the Id. The Ego attempts to mediate between id and reality, it is often obliged to do the commands of the id with its own rationalizations, to conceal the id's conflicts with reality and to be taking notice of reality even when the id has remained unaware. Ego shows as Ralph in the book. Ralph showed us that humans are flawed. He cared about getting rescued more than anything else. At first he wanted to be Jack's friend he wanted to please him. But that ended when they started to not see eye to eye. Ralph showed us that he was only human and he made mistakes. In the book Ralph participated in the pig game with Jack and his Hunters that eventually led to Simon’s death. Ralph knew that it was wrong what they did.(Lord of the Flies Id, Ego, and Superego Essay) Ralph was really the only one who saw what they did, he felt horrible.(Golding) Superego is the division with reasons, master of the impulses and most of the time controls whats going on around them. Superego come to terms with reality, sees the world as it is. The Superego best describes Piggy. To begin with, Piggy was very logical and intelligent and he had the basic morals of right and wrong and he kept with them throughout the book. (EssayPride.com.) In the book he was the one who was always giving advice to Ralph to do the right thing. He was the one who kept Ralph on track. Piggy suggested to use the conch to call an assembly

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