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Title: :  The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement
PaperId: :  26083
Published in:   International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education
Publisher:   IJARIIE
e-ISSN:   2395-4396
Volume/Issue:    Volume 11 Issue 2 2025
DUI:    16.0415/IJARIIE-26083
Licence: :   IJARIIE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Author NameAuthor Institute
Dr.R.SIVASAMYAssociate Professor of English, Government Arts and Science College, Kangeyam, Tirupur Dist, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ms.P.JAMUNAPh.D.(Full Time) Research Scholar, Government Arts and Science College, Kangeyam, Tirupur Dist, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

ENGLISH LITERATURE
Ego, digital self-imprisonment, rationalization, etc.
William Golding's Pincher Martin (1956) presents a radical vision of the ego as ultimate prison, where protagonist Christopher Martin's relentless self-assertion creates an inescapable psychic confinement. This study examines how Golding's depiction of Martin's posthumous delusions anticipates contemporary forms of digital self-imprisonment, where social media platforms and virtual identities reinforce similar patterns of psychological confinement. Through analysis of Martin's systematic self-deception ("I must make a system" [24]), his reality-denying rationalizations ("Must be the angle of the sun" [112]), and his ultimate reduction to disembodied ego ("a pair of claws" [181]), this paper demonstrates how the novel provides a crucial framework for understanding modern technologies of self. Drawing on psychological research (Fromm, Twenge) and digital theory (Turkle, Pariser), we argue that Golding's novel reveals the ego not as master of its domain but as prisoner of its own constructions - a insight with urgent implications for our increasingly virtual existence.

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IJARIIE Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. "The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement" International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education Volume 11 Issue 2 2025 Page 1109-1111
MLA Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. "The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 11.2(2025) : 1109-1111.
APA Dr.R.SIVASAMY, & Ms.P.JAMUNA. (2025). The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 11(2), 1109-1111.
Chicago Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. "The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 11, no. 2 (2025) : 1109-1111.
Oxford Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. 'The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 11, no. 2, 2025, p. 1109-1111. Available from IJARIIE, http://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Ego_as_Self_Imprisonment__Golding_s_Pincher_Martin_and_the_Digital_Age_of_Psychological_Confinement_ijariie26083.pdf (Accessed : ).
Harvard Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. (2025) 'The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 11(2), pp. 1109-1111IJARIIE [Online]. Available at: http://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Ego_as_Self_Imprisonment__Golding_s_Pincher_Martin_and_the_Digital_Age_of_Psychological_Confinement_ijariie26083.pdf (Accessed : )
IEEE Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA, "The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement," International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1109-1111, Mar-App 2025. [Online]. Available: http://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Ego_as_Self_Imprisonment__Golding_s_Pincher_Martin_and_the_Digital_Age_of_Psychological_Confinement_ijariie26083.pdf [Accessed : ].
Turabian Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. "The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Online]. volume 11 number 2 ().
Vancouver Dr.R.SIVASAMY, and Ms.P.JAMUNA. The Ego as Self-Imprisonment: Golding's Pincher Martin and the Digital Age of Psychological Confinement. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Internet]. 2025 [Cited : ]; 11(2) : 1109-1111. Available from: http://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Ego_as_Self_Imprisonment__Golding_s_Pincher_Martin_and_the_Digital_Age_of_Psychological_Confinement_ijariie26083.pdf
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