According to Sigmund Freud's structural theory of the mind, the id, the ego and the superego function in different levels of consciousness. In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies, Jack, Ralph, Piggy, and Simon's behaviors show truth to Freud's thesis of the Id, the Ego, and the Super Ego.
             Jack well embodies the Id, as his main goal on the island is to "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Bash her in"! This is obviously very violent and primal, and to him is meant as a source of joy or pleasure. It is bad enough to have the desire to kill things, but it is entirely different to actually go about doing it. Soon after his first killing, Jack goes and kills a mother sow, "her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked". "Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife...then [he] found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands".
             Piggy and Simon both support the concept of the Super-Ego. Though two very different characters, they both have the same basic principles. Piggy, to begin with, is considered to be logical and intelligent; he thinks things through. "...I can't think. Not like Piggy...Piggy could think. He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only Piggy was no chief. But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains. The ability to think things through logically is a characteristic of the Super Ego. Another Super Ego-based character in the book is Simon. He is bright, but not in a book smart kind of way. Simon can comprehend emotions and understand the way people feel. He does something about people who are treated poorly and sees the true or good side of things. After the first pig is killed and cooked by Jack, he distributes meat to everybody except Piggy, whom he dislikes. Being the kind person he is, Simon "shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Pig
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