Thats when I started crying. But Sam told me to shush.
Stephen Chbosky, 1999: 158
The impact of Charlie’s efforts to apologize to Mary and his efforts to repair their friendship is a good impact resulting from the impulse of SuperEgo. All the
impacts of good and bad that Charlie has done is a good impact in the end, because in this position, the Ego of Charlie can control the impulse that try out the desires of
the pleasure principle which is owned by the Id. However the efforts of SuperEgo are trying to push the Ego with various regrets can make everything is well.
The SuperEgo of Charlie here is trying to represents the moral aspects and ideal of personality, and controlled by the principles of morality and idealism, which
is different from the pleasure principle of Id and realistic principles of Ego. The Id and SuperEgo are evolved from the Ego, they have no energy sources of their own,
and do not have contact with the outside world reality principle belongs to Ego, so that the demands of the SuperEgo and the Id can also be a realistic perfection through
the Egos role in personality of Charlie portrayed in the novel.
4.4. Findings
All the three components of Id, Ego, and SuperEgo of Charlie need to be well-balanced in order to have good amount of psychological energy available and to
have reasonable mental health. However, sometimes his Ego has a difficult time in dealing with the competing demands of the SuperEgo and the Id belong to Charlie.
According to the psychoanalytic view, this psychological conflict is an intrinsic and
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pervasive part of human experience. The conflict between the Id and SuperEgo, negotiated by the Ego, is one of the fundamental psychological battles all people
face.
Relating to the anaylsis of Charlie’s personality in the Perks Of Being A Wallflower novel written by Stephen Chbosky, the writer concludes that, it is strong
to attest that the Id, Ego, and SuperEgo of Charlie are intertwined with each other without separately. The libido is the determinant of any desire that brings the Id, Ego,
and SuperEgo into a unity that can not be separated in the personality of every human being. It can be said that in the end, the character of Charlie as depicted in the
novel, remains to satisfy the pleasure principle of the Id which is basically too powerful to be avoided. No matter how strong the Ego tries to balance the desires of
the Id and also the SuperEgo, but eventually the Id always dominates every human personality. So is the SuperEgo that always tries to bring the pleasure principle
owned by Id into the moral principle, and the Ego is trying to survive on the reality principle, but both Ego and SuperEgo still rely on the basic of pleasure principle Id
that more dominant driven by libido of every human being either conscious, subconscious, and unconscious.
But in use, the three structures of personality are interrelated one each other. In character of Charlie, the writer sees how closely the relationship among the Id,
Ego and SuperEgo are. Eventually, despite the writer has found that all of the events and circumstances that occur because there is a relationship of the three structures.
But it can be said that the initial incidents and events that are caused by the impulse of libido are done to satisfy the pleasure principle which is owned by Charlie’s Id,
then are greeted by the Ego through the reality principle in a balanced manner, and
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are driven by moral principles that comes from his SuperEgo well that cured all the amoral that is caused by the impulse of the Id.
Because of the impulses of the Id that influence Charlie’s personality in taking any decisions, so it can be said that his Charlie is reflected as the melancholic
person. The defining feature of a melancholic attitude is perfectionism. Melancholics are the most introverted of the personality in that they crave time alone, and are most
at ease in their own company. In this analysis, Charlie can be seen as selfish, because he prefers to be alone with his thoughts, to have his own things, rather than sharing
time or possessions socially with others. He prefers to have a few close friends to many acquaintances. He is very emotional, and is easily hurt, because of his
perfectionistic tendencies.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1. Conclusion
