Essay on Indentity Loss - 783 Words

In The Odyssey and The English Patient the main character, Odysseus and Almasy, suffer from a form of identity loss and try to regain it. They both regain their identity through the help of other people. Every person that stumbles across a piece of their past helps them regain a piece of their identity. Because he cannot remember Almasy must get help remembering his past from the people around him. One of his first memories came from the book â€Å"he brought with him through the fire- a copy of the Histories by Herodotus† (Ondaatje pg 16). Hana reads some of the notes that he had written in the book; she reads of the different winds â€Å"the ---, the secret wind of the desert, whose name was erased by a king after his son died within it. And the†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"In the arboured bedroom the burned patient views great distances†(Ondaatje pg 135) in doing so Almasy, remembers the desert in Africa, he remembers his adventures. â€Å"In 1930 we had begun mapping the greater part of the Gilf Kebir Plateau, looking for the lost oasis that was called Zerzura† (Ondaatje pg 135) he remembered many of his other adventures there. All of his memories about Gilf Kebir Plateau made his think of Katherine, his lost lover. Odysseus is remembered of his great conquest when he is on the land of the Phaiakians where Demodokos sings of his conquest. Demodokos tells of the Trojan horse that Odysseus built to trick the city of Troy and take it over. When Odysseus heard this he â€Å"melted, and from under his eyes the tears ran down drenching his cheeks† (Lattimore pg 134). The singer had reminded Odysseus of one of his great achievements that was part of his identity. Caravaggio forces Almasy to remember most of his past right before the crash when he starts to ask questions. â€Å"When you crashed in the desert—where were you flying from† (Ondaatje pg 167). Almasy had already remembered that he was once in the Gilf Kebir and what he was doing there but now he had to remember why he was back there again. â€Å"I had gone there to collect someone. In late August. Nineteen forty-two† (Ondaatje pg 167). Almasy goes on to tell about Katherine and how he had left her there until he could get help, that was when he got burnt. 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