A Persons Identifity in the Short Story, Wakefield, by...

A person’s identity is dependent more than an intrinsic spirit because otherwise it would not be called â€Å"identity†. A spirit, individuality, reminiscence is something that it is impossible to alter. An individual might become different; however, profoundly we continue to be that individual. â€Å"Wakefield† expounds the concept of the story in the shape of an ordinary imaginary- to leave his wife and his home and to hold the control to realize the result that the nonappearance has in the loveliest person’s that he left without any knowledge about him. Wakefield is a character that decides to take a decision that changes his life completely. He decides to go far away from the society; and the most importantly from his family and his beloved wife. Without the knowledge of his wife of his disappearance he refuses to go back home even that he finds out that his wife is sick and might die. Wakefield goes back to his family just after 20 years of disappear ance even that he lived nearby just to see how his wife will react. He goes back like he was living in that house every day and continues his old manner of life. Wakefield is a character who is in a quest to find his identity and is self-determining. The one point of the story is that his profound desire to disappear from the life he was living, to be imperceptible, and to discover the happenings of the world without the contagion of any individual’s existence. He decided to be isolated from the world living his life