Which Character most represents the Id? What are his character traits (direct /indirect characterization)? Explain how other character’s reaction to the Id character support your claim. Jack Merridew represents the id of Lord of the Flies. By being self-centered, requiring instant gratification, and using the appeal of leisure and play to win over the hearts of the boys on the island, Jack embodies the selfish and short-sighted aspect of personality. 'You didn’t ought to have let that fire out. You said you’d keep the smoke going—' This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence. The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s …show more content…
Under his stern leadership, the boys are able to achieve a level of societal organization that allowed them to emulate a governing body, specialized groups (hunters and gatherers), and also keep the possibility of rescue plausible via the smoke signal shifts. Throughout the novel, Ralph demonstrates his ability to adapt and glance ahead of the other boys, allowing him to reap the seeds of his effort in the near future. “ Some hidden passion vibrated in Ralph’s voice. His invitation might have passed as casual, were it not for the undertone. “You wouldn’t care to help with the shelters, I suppose?’ ‘We want meat—’ ‘And we don’t get it’” (54). Despite Ralph’s contributions towards these achievements, he is not always the benevolent leader that the boys had wished for. However, even when provoked, he remains level-headed to a degree and does not lose sight of the matters at hand. “He resented, as an addition to Jack’s misbehavior, this verbal trick. The fire was dead, the ship was gone. Could they not see? Anger instead of decency passed his throat. ‘That was a dirty trick.’ They were silent on the mountain-top while the opaque look appeared in Jack’s eyes and passed away. Ralph’s final word was an ingracious mutter. ‘All right. Light the fire’” (79). In this passage, even though Ralph realized the gargantuan opportunity that had passed the boys by due to Jack’s …show more content…
Ralph mentally develops over the brief course of the story’s events as many people do over the course of years, and even decades. Ralph was faintly interested. “‘What was that?’The fat boy glanced over his shoulder, then leaned toward Ralph. He whispered.'They used to call me Piggy.' Ralph shrieked with laughter. He jumped up. 'Piggy! Piggy!' 'Ralph—please!' Piggy clasped his hands in apprehension. 'I said I didn’t want—' 'Piggy! Piggy!'” (6). As Ralph appears in the beginning, he rubs off as childish and insensitive, traits that are commonly expected out of a boy his age. “Stillness descended on them. Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed. He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult. ‘Better Piggy than Fatty,’ he said at last, with the directness of genuine leadership,’and anyway, I’m sorry if you feel like that. Now go back, Piggy, and take names. That’s your job. So long’” (23). In such a short time span, Ralph already reveals bounding developments, completely contradicting his earlier display of childishness, covering up his immature first impression with one that suggests him to be a much more mature person than he initially reveals. “Someone called out. ‘Too many