Throughout the novel and until his death, Piggy’s superego is relatively unscathed. He tries to maintain order within the island enforcing that the person who holds the conch is the one who speaks. Furthermore, when Jack and the hunters let the fire go out, He is the one to scold them for it saying “you didn’t ought to have let that fire out. You said you’d keep the smoke going” (Golding 71). Through being the voice of reason and trying to keep the boys civilized while on the island, Piggy embodies the role of the superego and doesnt let the island corrupt
Throughout the novel and until his death, Piggy’s superego is relatively unscathed. He tries to maintain order within the island enforcing that the person who holds the conch is the one who speaks. Furthermore, when Jack and the hunters let the fire go out, He is the one to scold them for it saying “you didn’t ought to have let that fire out. You said you’d keep the smoke going” (Golding 71). Through being the voice of reason and trying to keep the boys civilized while on the island, Piggy embodies the role of the superego and doesnt let the island corrupt