Space,Memory and Identity:The Living Predicament in When We Were Orphans
In Kazuo Ishiguro's novel When We Were Orphans,the interplay of space,memory,and identity forms an inseparable unity.Space serves as a process of mobility instead of a static backdrop,undergoing dynamic changes.The constantly changing multiple spatial dimensions inevitably bear the protagonist's multiple memories,and the recollection of the past undoubtedly reflects the prism of his current living space.Through three closely intertwined dimensions of space,memory and identity centering around spatial displacement,spatial transfer and spatial construction,the novel describes a real picture of Banks's life,indicates the essential connection between spatial narrative and memory,reflects Banks's identity anxiety and identity pursuit,and thus reveals the universal theme of adrift,rootless and marginal existence that are demonstrated in those"orphans"in the post-colonial context.
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