Sigmund Freud Lord Of The Flies Research Paper

“The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask” (Agatha Christie 1). Everyone has a mask on top of their skin, shielding who they really are behind the mask but when no one is watching, they shed the mask and forget their lies to show their true personality. This topic appears in William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies. It's about a plane full of english schoolboys that was shot down during the war and crashed in an uncivilised island. They must figure a way out of the island to survive in combo with Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis. His theory contains two elements of personality known as the id and the ego-work together to create complex human behavior. Jack and Ralph are all examples of Freud’s theory.
One of the elements of personality is the ID and Jack is a perfect example of this personality. Sigmund Freud describes the ID as it is driven by pleasure principle which strives for immediate gratification of all desires, wants, and needs. If the needs are not meet, then the results is a state of anxiety or tension. This ties in with Jack, the leader of the choir boys, was a
Freud describes Ego as it operates based on the reality principle, which strives to satisfy the id's desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways. It also weighs the costs and benefits of an action before deciding to act upon or abandon impulses. This ties in with Ralph because of his role of a real leader. He focuses on being rescued and trying to keep everyone in check. For example, Ralph tells the boys, “If we have a signal going, they'll come and take us off. And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that's a meeting. The same up here as down there." This shows Ralph's great leadership because of his personality of The Ego. He incorporates The Ego by thinking rationally and for what's best for the boy’s sake of