Lord Of The Flies Deleted Scene Analysis

The Lord of The Flies is a physiological allegory with the island representing the mind, Simon representing the ego, Piggy as the superego, and Jack as the id. As the story progresses it becomes apparent by their actions that each of these characters fits one of the three physiological components In the deleted scene directly after the quarrel outside the savage fort involving the experiences of Sam and Eric with Jack and Roger where it is visible how the Id functions without the guidance and restrictions from the other two psychological factors. In the deleted scene the repercussions of imbalance within the mind are demonstrated as the mind or island evolves into a disruptive an chaotic environment since without the ego and super ego an individual focuses singularly on one ambition. The subject of pigs is greatly symbolic within The Lord of the Flies as they have shaped many of the characters. During the first part of the deleted scene Jack commands that Roger Quicken his pace when detaining SamnEric, he compares them to the pigs that he so often hunts indicating Jack’s loss of compassion or value for life as he once was afraid to kill pigs, yet now he is able to order the death upon his cohabitants without consideration
Jack was contempt about eradicating any type of inconvenience or obstruction, this drive was tamed by Piggy and Simon, but without those two an observation can be made that this attention will diminish what is left of the mind until the two positions are restored. The Lord of The Flies provides a sufficient example of a mind with the three elements of personality, and how the absences of elements effect the island, or the figurative mind. As in the mind, the island, and in life, there must be an equilibrium between the evil and good and without this harmony either extreme will cause havoc within it’s