Jaquess 1 Ethan Jaquess Brown/Caldwell British Literature 03 February 2023 Ideologies in The Lord of The Flies Human behavior varies between each person and everyone has different ideologies and things that they value. William Golding, who won a Nobel Prize for his works, was affected by his own experiences in World War II, and as a teacher. He wrote The Lord of The Flies to show how different types of people react in the same situation, in this case being stuck on an island. Sigmund Freud had a theory that everyone's mind has three different areas, the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is the part of the mind that wants you to do what you want when you want regardless of the consequences. The superego is the part of the mind that wants …show more content…
Jack heavily disagreed with the way Ralph led with fairness and had only the desire for killing and power rather than leaving the island as shown by him letting the fire die out. As Ralph was scolding him for letting the fire go out when a ship went by, Jack exclaimed, "You should have seen the blood!".(Golding 70) At the end of the story it is shown that Jack used the little power that Ralph had given him and used it to gain power over everyone. He led a tribe of savages to hunt Ralph like he was a pig. When the naval officer showed up, someone with authority, Jack stopped in his tracks and could not even say anything to him while Ralph still was able to tell him that he was the leader even though the leadership had switched to Jack until that moment. "A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carries the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still." (Golding 201) Jack was led by his desire to kill and hurt things and led by intimidation but would only do something as long as there is no authority to stop him. Piggy acts on following the rules and is always worried about what adults would think of their behavior. Piggy values rules and civilization more than anyone else in the story and he was the smartest one on the island.One reason Piggy had …show more content…
Ralph insisted on keeping a fire going so that the entire group would be rescued. "The fire is the most important thing on this island" (Golding 80) Jack abused that power and rather than keep the fire going he prioritized hunting. Ralph tried to explain to him how important the fire is but he did not care. Ralph was trying to keep Jack from becoming a savage by telling him the importance of rules but he did not want to follow rules, he wanted to make the rules. "Because the rules are the only thing we've got."(Golding 91) Ralph wanted to keep control in a group where everyone has a say in what