Today’s Journal

Reflect on Thursday’s “Plane Crash” activity. What was interesting about your classmates’ behavior? What surprised you? What behaviors would you have predicted? Why did you behave the way you did?

Lord of the Fliesby William Golding

What was the point of Thursday?

Not to see if you could get off the island

Psychological experiment to discover the ids, egos and superegos within the class

The Novel in Context

Sir William Golding –1911 –1993

1939 –was a secondary school teacher During WWII, he helped sink the

Bismarck and landed at Normandy. 1945 –resumed teaching, began writing 1954 –LotF published

The boys are on the island because their fathers launched an evil, atomic war.

Golding, cont’d.

Golding’s view of the world post-WWII Human nature is inherently evil and violent

This attitude reflects the general mood of pessimism in the post-war years

He believed in the mythic fall of humankind from innocence Baseness over rationalism Schools and civilizations are ineffective to

reverse the savagery of humans in times of challenge

Psychological Framework - Freud

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Interested in the unconscious Studied dreams Thought there were 3 main forces

within humans that are responsible for our behaviors Id, ego, superego

Id – Animal Self

Unconscious, animal self Center or reservoir of instinctual drives

Ex: biological urges, wishes Dominated by the pleasure principle

Immediate gratification, no concern for consequences

“I see your money in your gym locker, I want it, so I take it.”

Freud says the Id is driven by the libido, or creative, sexual force

Ego – Rational Self

Conscious self, “I” Formed at birth Learns to modify behaviors by

controlling socially unacceptable impulses Ex: “I’m a good person, so I should turn in

my friend who stole money from the gym locker.”

Mediates between the Id and Superego

Superego – Societal Pressures

Conscious self image, positive ego, ego ideal Works automatically, unconsciously Modifies, inhibits the Id impulses that produce

antisocial thoughts, feelings, actions “If I don’t turn in my friend, I’ve really helped them

steal the money, and stealing is wrong and against the rules.”

Develops as a child grows and accepts the values and standards presented to them by… Parents society

Short Video to Explain Freud

Homework

Draw a picture of either Id, Ego, or Superego in action. Caption your drawing with a statement that proves you get motivation that comes from the id, ego, or superego.

Read and highlight anything interesting in the Vogue Book of Etiquette for Tuesday