The White Rooster Sparknotes

My psychoanalysis of “the White Rooster” story focus on three point. First I identify the characters and the conflicts, then I examine the psychological factors of motivation of these characters. Finally, I evaluate how these factors and conflict give meaning to the story. In “The White Rooster” story, the author presents different characters. Two of them are Morgan and his son Ernie, who were in conflict. Their conflict was about the death of Julia, Ernie’s first wife. The conflict between these two characters occurred because Morgan loved Julia and believed that, Ernie “killed her the same as if he'd held the gun.” (Bausch) Also, Morgan did not agree with his son about changing wife. Morgan assumed that his son should have only one wife and not be divorced and remarried.
Morgan is led by moral and judgment, while Ernie is driven by realism and desire. (Jennifer) Morgan knew that morally it is not right to be the cause of the death of someone. Since the suicide of Julia was caused by the abandon of Ernie, Morgan blamed his son for being the cause of Julia’s death. Also, ethically, marriage is for life. Man and woman should live to gather until one of them die. So Morgan judge the Act of Ernie as unethical. In the other hand, Ernie is led by realistic and his desire. As a realistic person, marriage does not have a significance when people do not like to live to gather anymore. Moreover, man and woman should be led by their desire to choose with who and until when they can stay in the marriage. This divergence of motivations is the source of conflicts between these