Essay Instructions: Using the psychoanalytic lens, explain how a central theme develops in Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth.
Thesis: William’s neglectful upbringing contrasts with Jacks’ nurturing adolescence in Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth reflecting how children need unconditional love to grow into stable and successful adults.
Compare William and his mother Regan’s relationship and Jack and Ellen’s relationship. Paragraph one should explain what the relationships were like and how Williams’s mother was neglectful and how Jack’s mother was loving. Paragraph two should explain the effect of these relationships. The essay should be cause and effect.
