J4 ›› 2014, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 37-40.

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The Issue of Identity in Is He Living or Is He Dead

  

  1. 1. College of Business, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650106, China; 2. College of Foreign Language, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
  • Received:2013-05-17 Revised:2013-11-02 Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

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Abstract:

The study on American writer Mark Twain's short story Is He Living or Is He Dead can be started with the issue of identity,especially the four young artists' self-identity, social-identity and hybrid-identity and the relevance of the three aspects. Millet fakes his death, and changes his name. Even though he lives as a rich manufacturer, he loses his self-identity. The former happy young man who loved painting and was full of dream has gone. He lives with his hybrid-identity of loneliness and agony. Although he is physically alive, he is mentally dead.

Key words: self-identity, social-identity, hybrid-identity

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