In the story, The Cat in the Hat, evil is brought upon by the troublesome Cat in the Hat and good, by the obedient Fish. The conflicted children, Sally and the Narrator, have to choose between the two. The self-centered id, portrayed by the Cat, wants satisfaction and will do anything to get it without thinking of anything or anyone else. The responsible superego, portrayed by the Fish, thinks about doing the right thing, and how their actions will affect others. The understanding ego, portrayed by the Narrator and Sally, has a balance between impulse and consciousness (ReadWriteThink). In The Cat in the Hat, the Cat contributes to the plot through his actions, and he contributes to the theme, temptation is all around us, through his effect on …show more content…
The Cat, being a fun and carefree character, contributes to the theme. He affects the Narrator, Sally, and the Fish. On this boring, rainy day, there is nothing for the kids to do. It is too wet outside to play and too cold to play ball, so they get extremely bored. They just sat inside doing nothing. All of the sudden, this energetic and cheerful Cat comes along wanting to have fun. He reassured the kids that they should not be scared to play. “ ‘Now! Now! Have no fear. Have no fear!’ said the Cat. ‘My tricks are not bad,’ Said the Cat in the Hat” (Seuss). The children are tempted into playing the games. The rainy day emphasizes the Cat’s personality and how much fun they would have playing games. He put the kids in a conflicted situation. Though they can enjoy themselves with the Cat, they know the consequences. Since the Cat makes such a mess with the games, he also unveils the Fish’s adult-like (super ego) personality. They show their personality because of the situation the Cat brings. Putting the kids in a conflicted situation where they have to make a choice, the kids end the conflict by throwing the Cat
Experimenting in this movie occurs when Harry asks Sally to dinner when they run into one
Freud primarily subscribed to the idea that there are two energies that drive human behavior. These two energies are sex – the pleasure principle and aggression. The human mind is comprised of the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Within the realms of the mind, the human personality is controlled by the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is driven by the pleasure principle. The superego is the instinctual moral good, which aims to please the ego ideal, or the magnified moral values. The ego interacts with both the id and the superego and aims to please both components (Connors).
Sally Ride was an American Astrophysicist and an astronaut. In 1978, Sally Ride joined NASA. One of the most prestigious jobs you can acquire in this world. She was a very intelligent woman, who worked very hard for the life she earned. Ride had considered a career in professional tennis; she was an amazing athlete. Especially when it came to tennis, which was her favorite sport. She decided that a career of being an astronaut would take her much farther in life than a short-lived career as a tennis player.
The film I chose to view for this Romantic Comedy paper was When Harry met Sally. I enjoyed this movie. The two main characters were Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally Allbright (Meg Ryan). When first introduced to these characters, Sally is driving to New York, and Harry, who is the boyfriend of Sally's friend, is catching a ride with her.
I believe that the cat was the only thing that showed her love and attention. Her only son, had a family of his own, her grandchildren were older now, and she felt like she was not important to them anymore, and the children?s mother was involved with the baby. By bringing the cat, she felt like she would not be lonely. The reader can also tell that the woman is extremely prejudice. She refers to the black child as a ?cute little pickaninny? and a nigger.
People show who they really are when there are no rules and chaos takes over. A man named Sigmund Freud creates the idea that all people are made up three main characteristics. The fist characteristic is the Id, wanting anything that will bring it immediate happiness. The Ego is the second characteristic, feeding the Id in socially acceptable ways to continue getting what it wants. The final characteristic is the Superego. The Superego is developed last and is the part of all humans that does things for the greater good. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding uses three characters to represent the idea of Id, Ego, and Superego. William Golding uses a character named Jack to represent the Id, doing anything to get what he wants. Golding uses Ralph to represent the Ego, trying to get what he wants in socially acceptable ways. Finally, a boy named Piggy is used to represent the Superego, doing things for the greater good of the group. The three characters represent the three main characteristics that every human has, Jack is the Id, Ralph is the Ego, and Piggy is the Superego.
The film “When Harry Met Sally” is rife with examples of interpersonal communication victories and utter failures. The main characters- Harry Burns played by Billy Crystal and Sally Albright played by Meg Ryan- are captive to each other’s company during a car ride from Chicago to New York and quickly find they maintain very opposite viewpoints on much of life, especially relationships between men and women. The premise for the argument and the remainder of the film is the disagreement as to whether or not women and men can be friends without sex getting in the way. Harry maintains it is not possible, and Sally takes the opposite position. Throughout the film Harry and Sally display a number of different communication traits. Their
The children of The Cat in the Hat represent the part of the human psyche known as the ego. When the Cat in the Hat enters the home and promises fun, they are tempted. They are eager for fun when they say, "...How I wish/We had something to do!" (2) and "Then Sally and I/did not know what to say./Our mother was out of the house/For the day" (8). In contrast, the fish was constantly reminding them how wrong it is for the Cat in the Hat to be in the house. They want to have fun, but they are thinking of the consequences. This is evident when the narrator says, "I do not like the way that they play!/If Mother could see this,/Oh, what would she say!" (45).
The theme of “what do fish have to do with anything?” is that unhappiness can sometimes cause someone to be blind and ignorant towards others needs. For instance, Willie’s mom does not want him looking or talking to the homeless man on the streets. She tells her son this because she is unhappy so she does not see what the man is going through and instead says “He is sick do not look at him.” Another example is that Willie’s mother does not like answering Willie’s questions concerning others needs. She does not answer willie’s questions because she could honestly care less about a problem that is not hers. She could care less about other peoples problems because of her unhappiness. To illustrate, at the end of the story the mother has the
Golding’s Lord of the Flies takes the structural model of personality and uses it to represent Jack, Ralph, and Piggy in the novel. He uses them to show how they interact with each other in society. He wants the readers to understand that the id makes decisions and actions that feels good for themselves, and not for others. The superego wants to help out society, and follow good morals, but often gets overpowered and ignored by the id. Lasty, the ego is a balance of the two, and listens to both the superego and the
Everyone has found themselves struggling between what is deemed right, and what is deemed wrong. Sigmund Freud believes that this experience is the product of each individual having three deeply rooted aspects of personality, the ID, ego, and superego. Freud demonstrated his beliefs through metaphor, comparing these aspects to an iceberg. On the surface, you find the consciousness, or the ego; this is considered the middleground of the ID and superego. Below the surface lays the instincts, whether they are considered good or bad. There is the superego, where your morals are stored, most often society taught. Then the ID, which would be the very bottom of the iceberg, which holds all of the primitive instincts. In Lord of the Flies, there
The book Lord of The Flies, by William Golding has the theory of Freud’s Id, Ego, and Superego characterized throughout the actions of boys who had to try to survive after being stranded on an island while escaping the war. When using Freud’s theory, the character, In the book Lord of the Flies it explains Piggy himself as a character, the superego of Freud’s theory, and Piggy being portrayed as the superego come together to piece a great story together showing us all the part of the subconscious mind.
In Joyce Carol Oates’ story entitled “The Lady with the Pet Dog,” the main character Anna fits Sigmund Freud’s definition of neurotic: “the ego and id become involved in an internal battle Freud calls neurosis” (Bressler 130). In addition to the ego and id, Anna’s superego also comes into play within her struggle. Throughout Oates’ story, the reader sees Anna’s internal conflict between the id, which dominates her personality, the ego, and the superego, which results in her neurosis. Oates makes it clear that the most dominant component of Anna’s psyche is the id, as she did not have the ability to resist her impulsive desires.
With the help of the Red Queen, Absolem, and the White Queen, representing the id, ego, and superego, respectively, the psychoanalytic theory can be utilized to portray the various levels of the human psyche. The id shows humans instinctual drives that are present at birth, such as how the Red Queen found pleasure in taking people’s heads off. The caterpillar was able to use his wisdom and practicality to make judgements about Alice in Wonderland, which shows hour the ego operates. The superego was portrayed by the White Queen, who knew the difference between right and wrong in Wonderland. In the human mind, all three are present in either a conscious or an unconscious state. In the film, Alice knows that her imagination has taken over, which was not admired of children during the Victorian
The Cat in the Hat by Dr.Seuss is a children’s book that was made into a movie. The Cat in the Hat is based on a cat who wears the colors red and white. The author decided to use the words cat and hat for rhyming. This allow children to remember the book and certain things that are in it. The story can be seen as a fun reading for children who connect to the children in the story. The story is very humorous because the characters are not that realistic. In real life one would never see a fish talking and telling children what to do or a cat who is able to put on many different games and then clean up in the matter of seconds. The Cat in the Hat can be seen as a novel of prose