Identity In Wild Cat Falling

As you come into this world, your identity is a blank canvas, yet to be painted to your own unique image. Yet, as we slowly grow, learning how to speak and how to walk, we are so quickly attributed with certain characteristics and traits. From the moment of birth, people are compared to each other. Who do we look like the most - our mother our father? We are identified in the most simplistic of attributes and are quickly associated with that of the people around us, our relatives. From the collective opinions of our relatives and others around us, we are given our initial identity. As we grow up, other factors can similarly affect our lives. From our own choices that place us in certain environments, such as imprisonment, to environments in …show more content…
The reader consistently witnesses the inner turmoil of the main character, as they transition from their arduous prison life to that of a regular citizen. The utter anguish that this character endures raises many important questions about the nature of identity in relation to circumstances. In many ways, it reveals the immutable nature of true, inner identity. Despite the search that he goes through in order to find where he belongs, ultimately, everything comes full circle, as he is arrested once more. It is one of many fictional examples which demonstrates the extent that an environment can have on an individual. As a person who felt at home with their fellow prisonmates in the Fremantle jail, he begins to experience emotions of helplessness and feeling lost once he is taken out of the area he feels most comfortable in. Such emotions have been similarly observed to be experienced by individuals in real life circumstances that we are all aware