The Primal Urge

Because of how humans have evolved, they naturally desire competition. Without this the human race would not have gotten very far because competition fuels invention, the desire to have the upper hand on other individuals. Two good examples of this competition in a more modern world are The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Rumors of Peace by Ella Leffland. Both of these books are set during World War Two, and the characters in them show a hardness and unsympathetic view on humanity that…

of the characters. A good theme transcends cultural, racial and lingual barriers. Short stories tend to have one theme whereas novels usually have multiple themes The main theme of the Lord of The Flies is the internal conflict between two feuding urges that exist in all humans: The instinct to follow rules, act peacefully and care about the good of the group versus the compulsion to satisfy one’s desires, to be violent and to force one’s will on others.…

but she keeps his rotting corpse in her bedroom and sleeps next to it for many years. Killings by Andre Dubus is a short story in which, Dubus invites his readers to ponder the disparity between people’s ethical responsibility to society and the primal urge to protect and avenge their loved ones after Matt says he has to take care of the situation because it is too hard on Ruth, but the reader may wonder if that is just his excuse. Emily murders her husband and leaves his corpse to rot in there…

Throughout the poem the speaker feels the urge to ask an overwhelming question. Although the speaker never reveals the question, he does indicate that it is an overwhelming question. It is a type of question that would “disturb the universe”, meaning that the content of the situation is extremely important and contains heavy content-- whether about death, love, the purpose of the human existence, Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Nevertheless, the importance of his question, he…

educate kids. With the abundant amount of diversity we are confronted with we have the golden opportunity to “benefit from one another's wisdom and experiences” no matter the color of one’s skin and background (Gonzalez-Mena and Tobiassen). So again I urge you to remove this particular episode of negative commentary from viewing so that we are able to directly affect are children attitude on ethnic differences in a positive manner. Works Cited Gonzalez-Mena, Janet, Dora Pulido-Tobiassen.…

the reader’s personal morals to determine the tone of the story. While some could portray the sudden change of behavior as a level of unhappiness on the part of Bill Miller, on the other hand you could just say that people just have their urges due to our primal instincts of reproduction.…

Nine years after the world’s bloodiest and most destructive war, much of the world was still shaken to its core from the violence it had witnessed. To summarize the horror, and to serve as a warning to future generations, the author, William Golding, wrote Lord of the Flies—an allegory for man’s constant internal struggle between the instincts of savagery and civilization. His characters, Ralph and Jack, who embody these conflicting predispositions, are constantly at odds; Ralph attempts to…

conscience, or “super-ego” as he referred to it, came from society’s initial rebellion against authority. Freud’s belief was that humans lived in an ape-like society with a dominant male presiding over everyone else. This male, referred to as the Primal Father by Freud, was inevitably killed by his sons due to his unfair leadership over them. According to Freud, the sons internalized their father’s authority over themselves that was now missing. This established what we now know as the…

Popular author Shirley Jackson arguably pioneered the fictional dystopian genre with her short story “The Lottery”. Inspired by the hardships of the Second World War, the narrative elements of “The Lottery” signify the traits of a primal, dysfunctional, and ritualistic society. This is exemplified throughout the narrative as the plot, characters, and setting, all symbolize a particular aspect of a primitive dystopia. In the beginning of “The Lottery”, Jackson describes a ceremonious…

One’s morals is learned from parents and society, it gets the sense what is right and wrong. The idea of the superego is to contain the unacceptable primal urges of the id, like sex and aggression. The superego can change the choice of the ego by leading it towards a more morally sound choice. The superego creates the standard for careers, the treatment of others, and how one acts. The superego is conscious…