Essay Topics: Lord of the Flies

Our essay is on Tuesday, November 25. You may bring:

• The essay criteria handout 
•  Quotes only on the back
• The Lord of the Flies novel
• The id, ego, superego handout or the unconscious defense mechanisms handout. New blank forms will be made for the purposes of the essay.

Below are our essay topics for Golding's The Lord of the Flies.

1. How has Jack's use of the unconscious defense mechanisms shifted over the course of his descent into Savagery? (name several defense mechanisms, and speculate why Jack employs new defenses as his savagery progresses)
2. How might Golding's The Lord of the Flies be considered an allegory of the human mind? (be sure to indicate the implications if your claims)
3. How has Ralph contended with the pressures from the id and superego as chief of the island in Golding's Lord of the Flies? (consider specific moments in the story where Ralph is drawn towards the superego, or id - and discuss the implications of this)