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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anybody?" This quote from the movie Stand by Me, directed by Rob Reiner, was said by the character Gordie (Wil Wheaton), a boy who was just about to enter Junior High. When he typed up those words on his computer, years later, when he was looking back on those days, he was referring to his three friends Chris, Vern and Teddy. Chris (River Phoenix), was the leader of the little group, Gordie's best friend, and a very complex character. According to Freud, Chris would appear to be heavily influenced, but not controlled, by his 'superego'. Some evidence to support this theory would be the constant talk about some milk money that Chris had stolen, the belief that he was going nowhere, and how he supported his friends throughout the movie.As the movie progresses, it keeps informing us more and more about an incident when Chris had stolen milk money from some girl. "He stole the milk-money at school. He's a thief in my book." This accusation, coming out of the mouth of Gordie's father, was meant to be an insult about Gordie's choice in a best friend. Another way of looking at this quote would be to say that everyone knew that Chris stole the m
oney. "Oh it is. No one even asked me if I took the milk money that time. I just got a three-day vacation." This quote, which expresses Chris' frustration, shows what he thought about the whole situation that he had been placed in. The truth was that everyone DID know that he had taken the money. While these two quotes don't say much, the next quote ties the whole story together. "Yeah. So let's just say that I stole the milk money but Old Lady Simons stole it back from me. Just suppose that I told the story. Me, Chris Chambers, kid brother of the Eyeball Chambers. You think that anybody would have believed it?" Chris had actually felt bad about stealing the money, but when he attempted to give it back, the person he had given it to just went off and spent it, leaving him out to dry. That Chris had actually felt bad shows the influence of the superego on him. The superego even caused him to give the money back. This piece of information is just one small piece of the character of Chris. Chris' superego was strong. While this doesn't mean that every now and then his id wouldn't take control, because it obviously did sometimes, it does mean that he would be a strong person. Chris would do things wrong and try to correct them, he would be brought down by society, and he would become a moral and outstanding person. All of this is evidence of his superego workin
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Approximate Word count = 929
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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