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The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2020, 2(12); doi: 10.25236/FSST.2020.021201.

An Analysis of the James's Tripartite Personality in Everything I Never Told You from the Perspective of Psychoanalysis

Author(s)

Yang Jing, Bao Chenglian

Corresponding Author:
Yang Jing
Affiliation(s)

1 Henan Unversity of Technology, School of Foreign Language, Zhengzhou, 450000, China

2 Henan Unversity of Technology, School of Foreign Language, Zhengzhou, 450000, China


Abstract

Sigmund Floyd is the originator of psychoanalysis school with making many contribution, including the theory of personality structure. Everything I Never Told You, a novel of Celeste Ng, has attracted public attention and gained great success in the world. The novel is started from the death of a 16-year-old girl in an interracial family in 1970s. With the investigation into the case is being conducted, the family members recall their life, their personality in which are revealed through the description of various experiences. This paper is aimed at analyzing the id, ego and superego of the protagonist James from Freud's theory of personality structure.

Keywords

Psychoanalysis, Triple personality, Everything i never told you

Cite This Paper

Yang Jing, Bao Chenglian. An Analysis of the James's Tripartite Personality in Everything I Never Told You from the Perspective of Psychoanalysis. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 12: 1-3. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2020.021201.

References

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