You can find a helpful version of the novel with questions and explanations for each page on my website here: sites.google.com/view/hopkins-ib-langandlit/the-hub/literary-texts/the-handmaids-tale/the-handmaids-the-text

Specifically, this was for an IB Diploma class, or A level

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I'd say he's the ego cause he kinda kills piggy quiet bruetly 🥲

Same :(

@@lilya2096 as much as it's sounds hard, you can do this baby, I believe in you.

This is a great question, and sorry for the slow reply. Absolutely, we (the reader) can see LOTF as a psychological allegory for the human personality based on Freud's work. However, did Golding intend for this to be the case? The answer to that is that it doesn't matter! If we read the text that way, and can support our reading, then our critical analysis is justified. I hope this answered your question :)

Mankind is inherently nothing

Oops, I didn't get to the part where you said I should provide evidence. Anyways, Humans are all born good, their future self is based on the environment they grow up in and how they deal with pain or struggles. Mencius, a Chinese philosopher believed that all humans were good, which is backed up by his saying that, "Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward." Golding would agree with Hobbes as he gives his characters selfish traits such as, in chapter 2, Jack craving control and being liked by others through bullying and invalidating Piggy. "shut up" (Golding, 21). Ballantyne would agree with Locke as he indicates Ralph as peaceful when describing him meditating, and feeling "exulting" upon acknowledging the "kind creator of this beautiful world." (Ballantyne, 1) The boys additionally care for each other and respect rules such as food fetching.