In the novel, Piggy’s depiction by Golding further represents the human psyche by the Freudian theory. 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. It wasn’t half cold down there in the night.” (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
