Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

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Sigmund Freud’s unprecedented psychoanalytic theory on personality divides the human psyche into three processes: the id, ego, and superego and put forth the idea of humanity being solely motivated by both sex and aggression. Golding witnesses firsthand humanity’s inclination for barbarous behaviour and the horrors people commit during World War II reshaped his views on people. William Golding's allegory of the human psyche, Lord of the Flies, how when the moral inhibitions of people have been freed, anyone is capable of committing horrific acts. When Ralph, Jack, and other children have to evacuate Britain because of the ongoing war, their plane malfunction strands them on a tropical island to survive without the aid of adults. As Ralph, the

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