Its really hard for me to relate to this book using the psychoanalytic lens because so many horrible things went on this book that I think the experiences and the way we think now to the way they thought in the past are way different. One thing I do relate to is our Ids, egos, and superegos. I learned that an Id is like our bad selfish thoughts, our ego is the person, and the superego is our selfless and good thoughts. This reminds me of the little devil and angel on the shoulders of characters in cartoons. I believe this was highly implanted in the book and I can relate to this in my life.
In the book I believe Beloved is the ID, Sethe is the ego, and Denver is the superego. Beloved seems to be a horrible event in Sethe’s past that seems to haunt her and torture her mentally and she can be seen as a succubus demon. Sethe is like the ego because she is like the main character in the book who struggles with living in the present while she keeps remembering the past. Denver is like the superego in the story because she seems to be the one thing from the past that Sethe does not regret and loves the most in life. This can be related not only to my life but to the lives of many others.
We all have ids, egos, and superegos that we use in everyday life to decide on whether one thing is worth it or not. One example could be someone getting in a fight and having to decide whether fighting is worth it (id) or whether he should just walk away and no one gets hurt (superego). We all use them from time to time and I use them often times when I have work to do and I decide to either work on it to keep up with the work or procrastinate and do it all at the last second, and the Id usually wins.
I agree with you that we all have the id, ego, and superego to help us make choices.
ReplyDeleteI like how you relate it back to the characters in the book. Good job relating to the book although there were a lot of terrible things happening. :)