00878. FREUD AND GUNTER GRASS'S THE TIN DRUM. Freud's analysis of man's instincts in Civilization and.its Discontents is used to take a look at the character of Oskar in The Tin Drum. The pursuit of happiness, aggression, sexuality and finally death is related to the development of Oskar as a symbolic child of the modern world. 10 pages, 1 footnote, 2 bibliographic sources.