Freud as a "Devil's Advocate"

Instead of society's view that a "normal" person wants to practice monogamy and that they actually have an internal desire to have more than one love interest, Freud deviates from this view and states instead that "Monogamy is nourished by an impoverished narcissism; it is the arrested deployment of desire's appetites and curiosities". I found it very interesting how he decided to play devil's advocate. A "normal" person would say that he/she only desires to have one love interest (wife or husband) in his/her life. However, Freud's theory that the id and the ego in a person have desires for more than one lover. What is accepted as a "normal" theory or concept, Freud states is something that suppresses what is really desired by a person. This makes you wonder if what you desire is really what you desire, or if what you think you desire is just influenced by what is socially accepted by society.

Also, Freudian's idea that children will move away from their parents only if they view their parents as seductive summons and that if they move away from familial intimacy, they will be able to find themselves in the world was very interesting. Family is supposed to be the one thing that stays with you the longest, so I agree with Freud that one cannot "peacefully" leave their families with no reason. However, Freud plays the devil's advocate again and gives us a perspective that we would not normally have, to view our parents as seductive summons. Also, the idea that one cannot have pleasure in finding themselves while still being part of the family is also not an idea of the "norm". Generally, family is supposed to be the one thing that stays with you no matter what, loves you no matter what, and helps you through the process of defining yourself, but Freud's idea that you cannot find pleasure in finding yourself unless you deviate away from the intimacy of family makes you wonder if what you think is "normal" is really normal or if it is just shaped by society's views and values.