"Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand"

This quote by Saul Bellow is a critique of psychoanalysis. He is suggesting that psychoanalysis is not a real examination of the unconscious, as the unconscious is by meaning something that is not understood. He indicates that the analysts currently know what is in the unconscious due to the fact that they have already put it there. This recommends that psychoanalysis is not a true expedition of the unconscious, however rather a predetermined set of ideas and theories that the analyst has actually currently chosen. Bellow is suggesting that psychoanalysis is not a real examination of the unconscious, but rather a predetermined set of ideas and theories that the expert has already chosen. He is suggesting that psychoanalysis is not a real exploration of the unconscious, but rather a fixed set of ideas and theories that the analyst has actually currently decided upon. This quote is a review of psychoanalysis and suggests that it is not a real examination of the unconscious, however rather a predetermined set of ideas and theories that the analyst has already decided upon.