Freud Lord Of The Flies Essay
`Daniel Alimo
Mrs.Duthoy
English 10
10 November 2016
Freud's Theory of Id, Superego, and Ego clarified through three main characters In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies the author depicts that humans are inherently evil. In the novel, a group of adolescent boys are deserted on an island, they try to survive and maintain civilization through rules and leaders. Golding employs Freud’s Theory of id, superego, and ego in the novel. He illustrates how humans are genetically linked with evil. Jack represents the id, his focus is to ensure survival of the which he lives. Ralph is expressed as the ego. He uses reasoning to make choices, without thought of whether something is right or wrong. Piggy is limn as the superego. Piggy takes …show more content…
Ralph use his judgements to make choices without any consideration on whether is right or wrong. Ralph was elected as group leader. Ralph tries make a civilization on the island. He would covet the boys to maintain civilization while stranded on the island. Often he follows the advice of the Piggy, because he is the most intellectually on the island. Ralph believes in order, he believes the tribe should follow a certain set of rules. He decided it would be best if the boys used a conch. The conch is used to keep the tribe in order during meetings, and who has the conch they get to talk. He attempts to create rules that retains them from savagery behavior. Ralph is not a perfect human, he was involved in the death of Simon. Ralph would show his knowledge by disagreeing to irrelevant ideas. Ralph says to the group “There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire” (Golding 38). Ralph uses his knowledge, by informing the clan group to change the location of the fire. Ralph shows his maturity by pondering about the most sensible plan to do. Ralph concludes this would ultimately save them, because the fire would get noticed. Ralph is always making judgements, occasionally they are beneficial and other time they hurt the
Mrs.Duthoy
English 10
10 November 2016
Freud's Theory of Id, Superego, and Ego clarified through three main characters In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies the author depicts that humans are inherently evil. In the novel, a group of adolescent boys are deserted on an island, they try to survive and maintain civilization through rules and leaders. Golding employs Freud’s Theory of id, superego, and ego in the novel. He illustrates how humans are genetically linked with evil. Jack represents the id, his focus is to ensure survival of the which he lives. Ralph is expressed as the ego. He uses reasoning to make choices, without thought of whether something is right or wrong. Piggy is limn as the superego. Piggy takes …show more content…
Ralph use his judgements to make choices without any consideration on whether is right or wrong. Ralph was elected as group leader. Ralph tries make a civilization on the island. He would covet the boys to maintain civilization while stranded on the island. Often he follows the advice of the Piggy, because he is the most intellectually on the island. Ralph believes in order, he believes the tribe should follow a certain set of rules. He decided it would be best if the boys used a conch. The conch is used to keep the tribe in order during meetings, and who has the conch they get to talk. He attempts to create rules that retains them from savagery behavior. Ralph is not a perfect human, he was involved in the death of Simon. Ralph would show his knowledge by disagreeing to irrelevant ideas. Ralph says to the group “There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire” (Golding 38). Ralph uses his knowledge, by informing the clan group to change the location of the fire. Ralph shows his maturity by pondering about the most sensible plan to do. Ralph concludes this would ultimately save them, because the fire would get noticed. Ralph is always making judgements, occasionally they are beneficial and other time they hurt the