Cat in the Hat blog #1

Character Analysis:

The character that I am going to analyze is going to be the Cat in the book The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. According to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis paper, the Cat is an Id ego, he does many things that our animal instincts want to do, what we want to do to have fun, and to complete our desires no matter what, as Sigmund Freud has said; “...The part of the personality that contains our primitive impulses: such as thirst, anger, hunger; and the desire for instant gratification or release. According to Sigmund Freud, we are born with our Id. The Id is an important part of our personality because as newborns, it allows us to get our basic needs met. Freud believed that the Id is based on our pleasure principle. The Id wants whatever feels good at the time, with no consideration for the other circumstances of the situation. The Id is sometimes represented by a devil sitting on someone's shoulder. As this devil sits there, he tells the ego to base behavior on how the action will influence the self, specifically how it will bring the self pleasure.” As the Cat is an Id type of ego, he also plays a huge part within this book and the plot of the story. He plays a huge part because without this Id character, there would not being a conflict, therefore just leaving the children and the fish at home, alone, with nothing to do but waiting for their mother to arrive home. Also, he provides the solution, or conclusion, to the end of the story, which is a very big role with-in this story because he helps make the house completely normal again before the mother comes home. Now, the Cat has an Id like personality because he comes into the children’s and the fish’s house and completely messes it up by bringing in his shenanigans and messes with the fish while destroying the entire house. He also shows signs that he is an Id like ego by letting the mess get bigger within the house, not even caring about it getting messy while ignoring everyone elses plea for him to leave the house and stop causing the messes, and just doing as he wishes. In all, the Cat is an Id like personality because all he does is cause trouble for the narrator and his sister and the fish. He completely messes up their house without no care and then refuses to listen to anyone else. Also, he is an Id like ego with-in the story because he helps causes the conflict within this story by causing the mess while the mother is close to the home, which makes him a very important of the plot and story. Even though he was an Id throughout most of the book, he became a good superego by helping the kids clean-up their house and everything, making everything nice and neat before the children's mother come home.