His philosophy was simple, that behavior is a function of structure and that humans develop in a patterned, predictable way. ... It was through his research of these children that physical and mental development in infants, children, and adolescents are comparable and parallel orderly process ("Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology" 2001). ...
It would be wrong to say that Golding did not use the Freudian mind structure as a basis for this novel, as the similarities among the 3 parts and Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are uncanny; the names of the characters and names of Freudian counterparts could probably be used interchangeably. The Id's lack of rational or emotional values is directly paralleled to Jack's unnecessary hunting, murders, and destruction. ...
The structure of the text allows the audience to discover contradictions between what he perceives as reality and what he perceives as a dream. ... His dream and reality are running parallel, and his actions are mirrored to intensify the link between both worlds. ...
According to psychodynamic theories, females and males develop different personality structures as a result of early-childhood experiences with their caretakers and identification with the same-sex parent. ... Garnets and Kimmel prefer the terms homophilia and heterophilia because they emphasize love (philia) and suggest that these are two parallel continuums in the individual and that we may be high in one and low in the other, high in both, or low in both. ...
