Sociological_Asprects_Of_Lord_Of_The_Flies

Sociological Asprects Of Lord Of The Flies Sociological aspects of Lord of the Flies The book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, has representation of many sociological terms, concepts and principles, including the establishment of roles, statuses, and social isolation. Although, I feel, the most prominent of these concepts is illustrated in Sigmund Freud’s personality model. This model consists of the id, a representation of a humans’ need to be gratified. The id will do what it needs in order to have instantaneous pleasure. Next, the ego helps a person to make rational and realistic decisions. Finally, the superego, which is our conscience, helps to control the id. The superego tries very hard to keep the id in line. Jack, Piggy and Ralph play these roles throughout the book. Jack characterizes the id found in this story. As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys on the island, Jack's physical height and influence corresponds with his conceited personality. His want to be Chief was expressed in our first introduction to Jack in the book. Shortly after the boys landed on the island, Jack volunteers himself and his choir mates jack, id, ralph, piggy, boys, control, island, superego, book, without, helps, golding, fire, ego, wins, tries, throughout, ralph’s, personality, out, order, model, lord, keep, himself, flies, feels, chief, balance, able, willing, very, sociological, signal, roles