Have you ever wondered what goes inside your head? What drives you to make certain decisions that can harm you or save you from a bad one you'd later regret? Well that's exactly what Freud thought of when he made his famous Freudian model. In his model Freud described the psychic apparatus having three parts, Id, ego and superego, that control certain actions you make(Wikipedia, 2017).William Golding seemed to show that idea through his characters and their personalities in his book Lord of the Flies. He did this through his three main characters Jack(Id), Ralph(Ego), and Piggy(Superego).
First is the Id, the Id is the instinctive and unconscious part of the trio(McLeod, 2016). It acts before thinking and demands to be satisfied, it is childlike, thinking “I want therefore I get”(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2017).The Id is best represented by Jack because like the Id it puts himself before others. An example that Jack represents the Id is that he feels pleasure when he hunts and he is putting his pleasure before anything and everyone else including getting rescued(Golding, 1954, p. xx). He also wants to be chief insted of Ralph and he does going …show more content…
It's the balance between the Id and the superego always trying to please both. The Ego is best represented by Ralph because he is a perfect balance of Jack and Piggy. An example of this is when Ralph let Jack keep hunting with his gang while still trying to keep the fire going so that they could get rescued(Golding, 1954, p. xx). Another example of this is that Ralph always remembered his home even imagining what he would be doing at that time and that kept him going(Golding, 1954, p. xx). He still knew what civilization was even though others like Jack forgot like the Ego knows what society looks like and how to keep going with it and not against
First is the Id, the Id is the instinctive and unconscious part of the trio(McLeod, 2016). It acts before thinking and demands to be satisfied, it is childlike, thinking “I want therefore I get”(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2017).The Id is best represented by Jack because like the Id it puts himself before others. An example that Jack represents the Id is that he feels pleasure when he hunts and he is putting his pleasure before anything and everyone else including getting rescued(Golding, 1954, p. xx). He also wants to be chief insted of Ralph and he does going …show more content…
It's the balance between the Id and the superego always trying to please both. The Ego is best represented by Ralph because he is a perfect balance of Jack and Piggy. An example of this is when Ralph let Jack keep hunting with his gang while still trying to keep the fire going so that they could get rescued(Golding, 1954, p. xx). Another example of this is that Ralph always remembered his home even imagining what he would be doing at that time and that kept him going(Golding, 1954, p. xx). He still knew what civilization was even though others like Jack forgot like the Ego knows what society looks like and how to keep going with it and not against