However, Parents, who were commonly thought as symbols of originality and nurture, were only mentioned twice in the whole story of missing person. The first time when parents appeared was when Jockey told Pedro about his childhood: “The day your father came to fetch two of you by car… He let Freddie drive, though he didn’t have a license yet… you told me the story at least a hundred time.”(Page 130) From the conversation above, it could be inferred that his father at least had existed and had some degrees of importance in his childhood, as he had mentioned him “at least a hundred time”. However, when Guy found out a trance about his father, which meant his originality and nurture, he only left one sentence to describe his inner thinking: “So I had had a father who come to fetch me at ‘Luiza school’. An interesting piece of information”(Page 130) The word “interesting” was a huge understatement since it was crucial to understand his original in order to retrieve his identity. Further, although he described this piece of information as “interesting”, Guy quickly changed the subject of his questioning without further digging of information about his father. Therefore, the word “interesting” was less of a heartfelt emotion but more of an irony. This attitude toward the information contrasted sharply with “you at least tell the story a hundred times” It could be seen that there was a huge gap between his new self and what he used to be. As the story was approaching an end, he still couldn’t find back his old identity even after he gathered so much information. It appeared that he may not be capable of finding back his identity, at least in this story. As the second and the last time he talked about his father, he saids: “And I tried to imagine what he might have looked like, that man who came for us on one of the days out, who left his car and walked toward us, who was
However, Parents, who were commonly thought as symbols of originality and nurture, were only mentioned twice in the whole story of missing person. The first time when parents appeared was when Jockey told Pedro about his childhood: “The day your father came to fetch two of you by car… He let Freddie drive, though he didn’t have a license yet… you told me the story at least a hundred time.”(Page 130) From the conversation above, it could be inferred that his father at least had existed and had some degrees of importance in his childhood, as he had mentioned him “at least a hundred time”. However, when Guy found out a trance about his father, which meant his originality and nurture, he only left one sentence to describe his inner thinking: “So I had had a father who come to fetch me at ‘Luiza school’. An interesting piece of information”(Page 130) The word “interesting” was a huge understatement since it was crucial to understand his original in order to retrieve his identity. Further, although he described this piece of information as “interesting”, Guy quickly changed the subject of his questioning without further digging of information about his father. Therefore, the word “interesting” was less of a heartfelt emotion but more of an irony. This attitude toward the information contrasted sharply with “you at least tell the story a hundred times” It could be seen that there was a huge gap between his new self and what he used to be. As the story was approaching an end, he still couldn’t find back his old identity even after he gathered so much information. It appeared that he may not be capable of finding back his identity, at least in this story. As the second and the last time he talked about his father, he saids: “And I tried to imagine what he might have looked like, that man who came for us on one of the days out, who left his car and walked toward us, who was