The idea of the devil and the angel, very much relates to Sigmund Freud's theory of the id, Ego, and Super-ego. Sigmund Freud (May 1856 - September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist. Freud believed that the id was a part of ones brain, that the person was unaware about. The id was the inner desire, and is represented as the devil, which rests on the left shoulder. The super-ego, is what opposes all desires of the id, and one thing it does is maintain morality. It imposes feelings of guilt when id is indulged. The Ego, is considered the parent figure, because it looks over the id and super-ego, and tries to satisfy both, but tends to treat the id differently because the id has more control over the person.
In the past few months, the top news was that pro golfer Tiger Woods had been having affairs with other women, and he was cheating on his wife. His wife found out, and all hell broke loose on Tiger. The profound and well admired athlete, would soon become the complete opposite of what he was. Tiger had the choice to either do what he did, or think twice about the situation and refuse. Sadly his id overpowered the super-ego resulting in the decisions he made. Woods gave half of his money in shame to the wife he loved so much, and now the only billion dollar athlete will no longer have that title. The id can screw us up, but it is the job of the ego and super-ego, to control its wants.
Hunter Moore
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 15 I was waiting for the day that I would be able to drive. I would count down the days till my birthday and I started to look for cars. I thought that 16 was the perfect age to start driving. In fact my opinion had not changed until new years day. My 15 year old friend was out driving on New Years Eve when his car veered off the road and he smashed into a brick wall. Although I had only been with him for one week at a camp over the summer it was still devastating to hear the news. It was hard to take in that some one that I had previously talked to had died. The strangest part about it was that he posted a status on his facebook wall new years eve saying “I don’t want to die”. Its almost as if he predicted the accedent. After I had taken in what had happened I began to rethink my view on the legal driving age. I thought that there is too much responsibility needed to drive for a 16 year old. The dangers of underage drinking had been seen by our society and the drinking age was placed at 21. This is three years after you legally become an adult. How could parents let their children out after midnight on new years, knowing he was only 15 and letting him use their car. There should be strict laws for underage driving and there should be more precautions taken to keep things like this from happening. It might be my bias opinion, yet I know that I’m not the only one that believes this.