Sigmund Freud's Lord Of The Flies
In the absence of punishments, there is always a struggle between the right and the wrong. Sigmund Freud has introduced a theory which is now called "structural theory". In the structural theory, Freud describes that the human mind is divided into three structures: The "id," the "ego," and the "superego”. The id is controlled by the human basic desires to fulfill their biological needs. The superego is the moral component that provides the person with his moral standards and religious beliefs. The ego is basically the mediator between the other two components which helps the person to balance between his desires and his morals. ( WEBSITE). No doubt the id is the most difficult component of the other three, as it corresponds to the unconscious of the human being.
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Some of those Freudian views were interpreted in lord of the flies.
On the island, Jack’s hunters committed violence that was justified, as they need to satisfy the group’s need and to feed the population. We clearly relate that to the id in the human brain that makes human unconsciously satisfy his biological needs. Gradually, in Lord of the Flies, violence became the motivator and the whole island lacked the social and the moral values. On the other hand, some people are strongly driven by their morals and religious beliefs no matter what the condition is. That character was symbolized by Boxer in Animal Farm. Boxer throughout the whole novel show helpful and kind intentions: “To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration” (Orwell
75). His life moto was "I will work harder" so his target was to use all his strength and power to save the farm, the other animals and the animalism principles. In fact, Boxer is controlled by his beliefs and ideas rather than his personal needs, that means that he symbolized a character that is controlled by the ego component not the id component of the brain. Obviously, societies include both types of characters, that’s why laws and punishments organize the relations between the citizens in a society.
Some of those Freudian views were interpreted in lord of the flies.
On the island, Jack’s hunters committed violence that was justified, as they need to satisfy the group’s need and to feed the population. We clearly relate that to the id in the human brain that makes human unconsciously satisfy his biological needs. Gradually, in Lord of the Flies, violence became the motivator and the whole island lacked the social and the moral values. On the other hand, some people are strongly driven by their morals and religious beliefs no matter what the condition is. That character was symbolized by Boxer in Animal Farm. Boxer throughout the whole novel show helpful and kind intentions: “To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration” (Orwell
75). His life moto was "I will work harder" so his target was to use all his strength and power to save the farm, the other animals and the animalism principles. In fact, Boxer is controlled by his beliefs and ideas rather than his personal needs, that means that he symbolized a character that is controlled by the ego component not the id component of the brain. Obviously, societies include both types of characters, that’s why laws and punishments organize the relations between the citizens in a society.