then rejects and pushes his true identity away from himself, which is illustrated through the images of his dead mother. Finally, feeling the presence of his mother's spirit, David realizes that he cannot escape from his homosexuality. He also realizes that he would have spared himself the struggle with his identity if he knew that he couldn't escape from it: "I think now that if I had had any intimation that the self I was going to find would turn out to be only the same self from which I had spent so much time in flight, I would have stayed at home" (31). Word Count: 1039 ...
