A soft whir drones on in the background. Looking out the window, you see a beautiful scene of the ocean and clear blue skies. All of the sudden a horrible shaking begins and the plane begins to dive. The other passengers scream frantically and soon you find yourself screaming also. The plane continues to dive and then a small mass of land comes into view and then everything goes black. Eventually you jolt back awake, but flinch in pain because your whole body aches with pain. Your head begins throbbing and fresh blood begins to run over the your matted hair. After a while you muster the strength to climb out of the wreckage and walk out and realize that you must have crashed on an island. you notice a couple others off in the distance. at least
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Piggy represents the superego because of his compulsive need to follow the rules and refusal to commit any action that he believes standard society would view as wrong. In the beginning of the story the author mentioned “Piggy moved among the crowd, asking names and frowning to remember them.” (Chapter 1, Page 18). Piggy’s need to make everyone feel included and make sure nobody feels left out shows that he knows all about the rules of society and that he does not want to deviate from these rules. Therefore, Piggy’s need to follow the rules causes him to often challenge Jack because jack does not want to follow conventional societal rules. Although, Piggy often loses to Jack he sometimes sways Ralph to do what he views as right. Also, Piggy compulsive need to follow the rules causes him to latch onto the idea of the conch shell. The boys establish in the beginning that whoever holds the conch will get permission to talk at their meetings. When this rule gets broken, it greatly aggravates and disturbs Piggy. The author illustrates Piggy’s respect for the conch in the second chapter “Piggy, partly recovered, pointed to the conch in Ralph’s hands, and jack and Simon fell silent.” (Chapter 2, Page 34). Piggy views the conch as the representation of rules and becomes angry when anyone does anything that might harm the conch. At one point the boys began wrestling with Piggy and Piggy shouted “You’ll break the conch!” (Chapter 2, …show more content…
Ralph serves as a mediator between the wildness of Jack and the compulsive need to follow rules by Piggy. Ralph also ends up becoming the ultimate decision maker in most of the novel until Jack and his tribe take over with savagery and violence. Ralph’s authority and decision making shows when he states “”Meetings. Don’t we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk.”” (Chapter 3, Page 51). Ralph also became established as an authority figure from the very beginning when the boys decided to vote for a chief. “... general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself. None of the boys could have found good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to to Piggy while the most obvious leader was Jack. But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out…” (Chapter 1, Page 22). This shows that the boys can sense something about Ralph that sets him apart from the other two obvious leaders. Ralph blends the good traits offered by Jack and Piggy. The boys realize that they need someone that can mediate between anarchy and complete control by rules. Ralph offers these qualities much like and ego in an unconscious mind. The elements of Freudian theory bring The Lord of the Flies to a whole different level that offers more for the reader to think about. The use of Ralph, Piggy, and Jack to represent the ego, superego, and id takes
Piggy represents the superego because of his compulsive need to follow the rules and refusal to commit any action that he believes standard society would view as wrong. In the beginning of the story the author mentioned “Piggy moved among the crowd, asking names and frowning to remember them.” (Chapter 1, Page 18). Piggy’s need to make everyone feel included and make sure nobody feels left out shows that he knows all about the rules of society and that he does not want to deviate from these rules. Therefore, Piggy’s need to follow the rules causes him to often challenge Jack because jack does not want to follow conventional societal rules. Although, Piggy often loses to Jack he sometimes sways Ralph to do what he views as right. Also, Piggy compulsive need to follow the rules causes him to latch onto the idea of the conch shell. The boys establish in the beginning that whoever holds the conch will get permission to talk at their meetings. When this rule gets broken, it greatly aggravates and disturbs Piggy. The author illustrates Piggy’s respect for the conch in the second chapter “Piggy, partly recovered, pointed to the conch in Ralph’s hands, and jack and Simon fell silent.” (Chapter 2, Page 34). Piggy views the conch as the representation of rules and becomes angry when anyone does anything that might harm the conch. At one point the boys began wrestling with Piggy and Piggy shouted “You’ll break the conch!” (Chapter 2, …show more content…
Ralph serves as a mediator between the wildness of Jack and the compulsive need to follow rules by Piggy. Ralph also ends up becoming the ultimate decision maker in most of the novel until Jack and his tribe take over with savagery and violence. Ralph’s authority and decision making shows when he states “”Meetings. Don’t we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk.”” (Chapter 3, Page 51). Ralph also became established as an authority figure from the very beginning when the boys decided to vote for a chief. “... general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself. None of the boys could have found good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to to Piggy while the most obvious leader was Jack. But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out…” (Chapter 1, Page 22). This shows that the boys can sense something about Ralph that sets him apart from the other two obvious leaders. Ralph blends the good traits offered by Jack and Piggy. The boys realize that they need someone that can mediate between anarchy and complete control by rules. Ralph offers these qualities much like and ego in an unconscious mind. The elements of Freudian theory bring The Lord of the Flies to a whole different level that offers more for the reader to think about. The use of Ralph, Piggy, and Jack to represent the ego, superego, and id takes