Lord Of The Flies Superego Analysis

Id, Ego, and Superego are the three components that make up your conscience. William Goulding displays these three in Lord of the Flies, a novel about a band of British school boys who become stranded on an island. As the characters develop, human nature quickly starts to show the real side of the boys. Jack, a character who realizes his goal is not to get rescued, but to have fun shows his ID personality. Contrary to Jack, Piggy shows his Superego personality, conceiving for the better of the group (Huynh) as well as trying to follow the rules ("How Piggy Represents Superego”). In between both of them is the Ego personality type, portrayed by Ralph. Ralph is not as evil as Jack, but also not as logical or empathetic as Piggy (Dunkerly-Bean).
As jack’s character develops, he realizes that being rescued is not his goal, rather it is to hunt and have as much fun as possible. By the fourth chapter, he is obsessed with hunting and killing, but not just for survival. He is driven by violent urges that exceed what is reasonable (Dunkerly-Bean). Jack doesn’t really care about anyone but himself, at one point stealing Piggy’s glasses to start a fire, rather than just asking to borrow them. Piggy is the one who isn’t fun on the island, he’s the innocent, good boy who’s always trying to follow the rules and enforce them, just as the superego should ("How Piggy Represents Superego"). Piggy’s priorities aren’t to have fun, rather he wants to be safe and get rescued off the island. He makes suggestions like making shelters (Huynh). He emphasizes that no one knows they are on the island, and they could possibly be there for a long time, he doesn’t like that all, the complete opposite of Jacks id