Analysis of Little Red Riding HoodPsychologist Sigmund Freud created many theories about how people are and why they do what they do. His psychoanalytic theories are used today to better understand and analyze literature. The three key areas of Freud's mental process are the id, the ego and the superego. The id is one of the most important of the three when we talk about “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault. The author attempts to show that being impulsive and giving in to your identity is not the best way to live your life. At the beginning of “Little Red Riding Hood,” the little girl skips happily through the forest. “…she met a wolf who wanted to eat her…” (Stories, 1066) and begins a friendly conversation with him. This is his first mistake. Being young and poorly informed about the ways of the world, she thinks it's completely normal to talk to a big, scary wolf. “The poor child did not know how dangerous it is to chat with wolves…” (Histories, p. 1066). Since the little girl is young and impressionable, she jumps on impulse to talk to any stranger she comes across. She doesn't think about what might happen if she informed the wolf of her every move. She doesn't care what might happen due to her irrational choice to speak with an equally irrational wolf. The wolf is also guilty of giving in to his amoral desires. When he first saw the little girl, he “…wanted to eat her but didn’t dare because there were loggers working nearby.” (Stories, p. 1066) He refrained from giving in to his impulses only because he was afraid of being hurt by the people nearby. However, the wolf did not stay hungry for long. Giving in to his animal desires, he took the girl to her grandmother and began to eat her. He could no longer ignore her desires. The wolf thinks with his stomach and not with his mind. “The id is, in short, the source of all our aggressions and all our desires. » (HCAL, p. 130) The wolf shows the fundamental characteristics of the id. He relies on his aggression and desires to get what he wants. By the end of the story, the irrationality of the main characters reaches an unprecedented level..