Identity Disorder In The Things They Carried

Every person has his own self identity, which gives them the quality that makes them different from others. Some times though, people have different feelings at the same time, and that results of their disorder of self identity, “Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. When one or more of these functions is disrupted, symptoms can result. These symptoms can interfere with a person’s general functioning, including social activities, work functions, and relationships” (Dissociative Identity Disorder 1). People who question about their feelings and their identity are lacking of self identity. This is why, Louise Mallard and Jimmy Cross lack of self identity

The problem is though that he doesn’t care about the war and has no desire to be a team leader. As a result, when he is led into battle with some soldiers in his charge, he is thinking about his love, Martha. In addition, Cross feels guilty every time one of his men dies, but it is most critical in the case of Ted Lavender. Right before Lavender is killed, Cross is distracted by the thoughts of Martha, who sends him photographs and writes letters that never mention the war. His innocent daydream is interrupted by Lavender’s death, and Cross’s only conclusion is that he loves this faraway girl more than he loves his

At the end of “The Story of An Hour”, Louise is having a heart attack as she sees her alive husband. Her death is a symbolic representation of the loss that is represented by the knowledge that she will not be able to live the life that she imagined for herself, “There would be no one to live for in those coming years. She would live for herself" (Chopin 647). In the same way, Jimmy is in shock when Ted Lavender dies. He feels the guilt when Ted is already dead, but he can’t do anything. He knows that his mind only thinks Martha and this is