Throughout Lord of the Flies, Jack’s characterization throughout Lord of the Flies represents the human psyche, as explained by Freud, in various ways. Although the human psyche being composed of three parts, Jack mainly represents the part that acts upon the pleasure principle, otherwise known as the id. An examples that exhibits Jack’s id-like personality is when Jack hunts the pig instead of maintaining the fire (Golding p. 69). Jack chose his pleasures of hunting over the hope of being rescued by maintaining the fire. Instances where Jack fulfills his desires continue to occur as the novel progresses. In the later part of the plot, a prime example of complete id-behavior is when Jack steals Piggy’s glasses (Golding p. 168). By drawing conclusions,
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Piggy, “the voice of reason” as said by David Spits in “Power and Authority: An Interpretation of Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’”, constantly points out the flaws of each character and his actions. In the beginning of the novel, Piggy acknowledges that “the first thing they ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach” (p. 36) further demonstrating that Piggy realizes the mistakes of others because he is the most logical. Another piece of textual evidence further representing Piggy as the ethical component of the human psyche, also known as the superego, is when Piggy confronts Jack on how reckless and wrong it was for Jack to let the fire die out (Golding p.71). As the book continues, Golding consistently portrays Piggy as the intellectual of the boys through his constant naggings and bickerings with the boys. Although, Piggy does demonstrate the id in a way. During the exposition of Lord of the Flies, Golding directly characterizes Piggy as “fat” (Golding p. 1), and accepts meat thrown hastily at his feet by Jack (Golding p. ). Through these characteristics, inferences can be made that Piggy is very id-directed toward food. But by drawing conclusions, further identifications can be made that Piggy’s superego is prevalent in his
Piggy, “the voice of reason” as said by David Spits in “Power and Authority: An Interpretation of Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’”, constantly points out the flaws of each character and his actions. In the beginning of the novel, Piggy acknowledges that “the first thing they ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach” (p. 36) further demonstrating that Piggy realizes the mistakes of others because he is the most logical. Another piece of textual evidence further representing Piggy as the ethical component of the human psyche, also known as the superego, is when Piggy confronts Jack on how reckless and wrong it was for Jack to let the fire die out (Golding p.71). As the book continues, Golding consistently portrays Piggy as the intellectual of the boys through his constant naggings and bickerings with the boys. Although, Piggy does demonstrate the id in a way. During the exposition of Lord of the Flies, Golding directly characterizes Piggy as “fat” (Golding p. 1), and accepts meat thrown hastily at his feet by Jack (Golding p. ). Through these characteristics, inferences can be made that Piggy is very id-directed toward food. But by drawing conclusions, further identifications can be made that Piggy’s superego is prevalent in his