Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalytic criticism What dominates your personality? Have you ever wondered what makes us behave the way we do? In the 1900s, Sigmund Freud developed the structural model of personality. In his well-developed theory called Psychoanalytic Critique, Sigmund Freud stated that our mind has three parts. Freud published two books that introduced the public to the unconscious. We are all born with our identity. It is the part of the personality that contains our primitive impulses. The id is based on our pleasure principle and contains all of our fundamental desires and feelings. The second part of the personality is the ego. The ego maintains a balance between our id and our superego. The ego's job is to fulfill our desires while taking into consideration the true reality of the situation. The final part of our personality is the superego, which develops around the age of five. The Superego is the part of our personality that represents our consciousness. Freud concluded that the principled part of us develops due to the moral and ethical constraints imposed by our parents. Each person's identity and personality contains an id, ego, and superego that are used daily. However, we are all dominated by our id, our ego and our superego. This domination is a reflection of the environment in which we grew up. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, young boys must survive alone on the island where their plane has landed. Boys must rely on their identity, their ego, and their superego if they want to be saved. Piggy knows right from wrong and always follows what his conscience tells him. Piggy's superego is a direct representation of how he was raised Middle of Paper......they all have various functions that together create our personality. Our personality is like a movie. A film needs all the scenes to flow and please others. However, there is always a certain scene that dominates. Our personality is made up of three different parts that make us behave the way we do. One part of our personality dominates the others. Piggy was dominated by his superego. He knew how to distinguish right from wrong and always followed his conscience. Piggy's superego caused conflicts on the island that could not be completely resolved. Our identity, our ego and our superego influence society. Piggy's personality and beliefs influence the other characters in the novel. Everyone has a different personality made up of impulses, feelings and consciousness. Freud's theory forever changed the way we analyze others as well as ourselves..