Sigmund Freud is a very famous psychologist who is very famous for his theories of the human mind. He theorized that humans have three parts to their psyche which are the id, the impulses, the ego, is the decision making portion, and the superego is the part that makes up your morals. In Regarding Henry the story begins with the ;life of a very successful lawyer named Henry Turner who was exceedingly rude to most people, including his family. One night Henry goes out and ends up getting mugged and shot in the head and is rushed to the hospital and is in a coma. Henry survives and wakes up from the coma however his memories of his old life are almost completely gone. After being able to view Henry in his id and superego I think his natural state is his id. …show more content…
A major id scene is before the accident when he goes out late at night to go buy cigarettes, which ultimately end with him getting shot in the head. If it wasn't for the id or if Henry could have been able to control his impulses then he would not have gotten into the situation and everything would've stayed the same. The id can be seen in this scene because he has an uncontrollable impulse and he needs a cigarette. Despite this being a negative impulse of the id it can have positive results such as when Henry has an impulse and buys a dog. When henry goes out for the first time since the accident he is walking through the streets and he sees a puppy in the window of a store and without thinking his id took over and he had an uncontrollable impulse to go and buy the dog. This turns out to be a positive result of the id because the dog becomes something that the entire family bonds over and eventually brings the entire family together in the end of the