Psycoanalysis Option # 2

When it comes to psyhcoanalysis it all comes down to perception and ethics. We live in a world of good and evil, and where every story has two or more sides. I decide to do an analysis of the cat in The Cat in The Hat and found it a lot harder than I thought it would be. After reading the book the first impression you get of the cat is that he is the antagonist. But if you really pay attention you find that everything he does, even the reason that he is there in the first place is because the children are bored. So while it seems he is the id, the part of you that is selfish, it also seems that he could be the superego, due to his want for the children to be happy.

I found examples of him being both the id and the superego throughout the book. When it comes to the id the fact that he walks into the childrens house without permission is enough. But he then goes on after entering to trash the entire place. When it comes to the superego the fact that he is genuinly unhappy when the children are shows that he cares. He also makes sure to clean up the mess he made showing that he can do things for other people.