Cat in the Hat blog

In the book the Cat in the Hat there is one character that’s stands out to me as a super ego. A super ego can be explained as a person who’s personality is very morally orientated. A super ego is explained as the dictator who’s values and morals are determined from the right thing to do. This super ego is usually represented as an angel sitting on ones shoulder. I feel that the character that is a super ego in the story Cat in the Hat is the fish.

One reason I feel the fish is a super ego is because from the beginning of the story, once the cat is in the house, the fish starts testifying that the mom clearly stated no one can be in the house when she is out. So once the cat arrives in the house the fish keeps saying “No,no,no” to the cats games. This is an example of a super ego because in this situation the fish is being very cautious about the children’s activities in order to please mother.

Another example in which the fish portrays a super ego is when thing one and thing two are introduced to the house an released by the cat. In the pictures you can see the saddened and angered look on the fish’s face. His expressions shows that he knows that this is not acceptable and eventually his feelings wear off onto the kids. This is an example of a super ego because both examples show how the fish was listening to his angels voice on his shoulder, or the mothers words in the beginning of the story. This decision about the whole events in this day were formed by others morals, that is one prime example of a super ego.

The fish, throughout the book, showed several examples of a super ego. From the beginning in which he protests that the cat should not be in the house because of mothers rules to when the fish persuades the kids to put and end to thing one and thing two. These are both two examples of how the fish demonstrated being a super ego throughout the book.