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The seeking of Frank’s identity through the Wasp Factory
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The seeking of Frank's identity through the Wasp Factory In "The Wasp Factory", the penis is seen as a symbol that frees men from seeking their own personality as it talks for itself. Frank's deprivation of this "symbol of manhood" causes him a lack of identity, which in its turn, trigger a sex pursuit, as he dedicates his life to replace it and to out-man others. This is ironic as when he thinks he's got his world perfectly figured out, he realizes he's a woman, which profoundly questions the significance of "manhood" as we discover its fragility and emptiness, and how following man's pattern is only a way of evading maturity and the learning of our own personality. Frank's narrow perspective of life through the Wasp Factory, free him from the responsibility of deciphering his own personality as it determines specific patterns to follow, equivalent to manhood's...
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