Turner's Personality In The Id, Ego, And The Superego

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Freud suggests the three parts of the personality which are the Id, Ego, and the Superego. The Id is the pleasure part, the Ego is the rational decision maker, and the Superego is the side that operates on “moral people”. These concepts are used in Henry Turner’s life. The Id and the Superego are mostly focused on in Henry Turner’s life. Henry Turner’s natural state is in the Superego because seems to be taught to act selfish by society and is truly a good person in his true self. Henry mainly shows his Id when he wants something or has the desire to do something. This is because the Id is the “pleasure” part of the personality. He displays an example of this when he sees the puppy in the window and goes in and buys it. This is an example of the Id because he buys the puppy because he wants it. He also …show more content…

This part of his personality is more caring than the other parts. An example of this is when Henry goes and gives the court papers to the old lady showing that he lied in court and she should have won the case, not him. He did this because he felt bad for lying to her and wanted to change things to the right way. Another time when he demonstrates his Superego is when he realizes he had an affair with another woman and feels bad for cheating on his wife. He knew that what he did was wrong and didn’t want to hurt his wife. This is his Superego because it shows that he cares for his wife’s feelings and wants to do the right things in his relationship. He also shows his Superego when he is having breakfast with his wife and Rachel and knocks over his drink to make Rachel feel better because she accidentally knocked her’s over. Henry shows his Superego here because he shows his love for his daughter’s feeling and doesn’t want her to feel sad or embarrassed. His Superego is his more caring side and shows that he truly cares about other’s feelings and is a very kind-hearted

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