Psychoanalytic Theory In Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin

Psychoanalytical theory: The Blind Assassin Environmental and social conducts contribute to the development of the human mind. The environment of a household and the time period of a century are examples of the influences that affect a human beings psyche. In the novel The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood depicts the lives of two sisters, who demonstrate the pain of dishonesty and the effects of a person's chosen path. Atwood conveys the conscious, preconscious, and the unconsciousness of Iris Chase through her memoirs. The early childhood development, adolescents of a society, and the need for achievement of the desires of Iris Chase, exhibit psychoanalytic theory’s development to a character’s mind. Childhood development determines the outcome of one’s self; when there is a dissatisfaction, the child develops a lack of stability and balance. The psychoanalytical theory according to Sigmund Freud breaks up the mind into three major parts, superego (the morals of the mind), id (the desire for gratification), and the ego (the mediator of id and superego); which can be applied to a character's behavioral development. Iris' sudden loss of a mother affects the ego when she writes, “…I had no words to express my disagreement…her idea of goodness pinned onto me like a badge…” (Atwood 94). Regarding this quote, Iris has no desire to always be a 'good' sister towards Laura, she is now asked to be a role
Margaret Atwood’s novel the Blind Assassin contribute to the understanding of the minds different and complex sections. Through the journey of the two sisters Laura and Iris, the way lives can become tangled with dishonesty and secrets, affects their already damaged relationship. Therefore the environmental and internal factors of everyday life becomes the reason to the way a person