Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Freudian Theory in LORD OF THE FLIES

Read the article titled "Unconscious" given to you in class from Adam Roberts's "Frederic Jameson". Many critics have deemed certain characters from Lord of the Flies as the specific aspects of Freud’s model of unconscious. Based on your reading of the novel, determine what character best represents each aspect of the unconscious—the id, ego, and superego.