The Journey of the Fragmented Self and the Representation of Identity in Paul Auster’s The Brooklyn Follies

Abstract

Paul Auster’s The Brooklyn Follies examines the profound exploration of fragmented identities as fluid, fractured and it reconstructed through narrative, memory, and interpersonal relationships. It also demonstrates personal identity with the themes of chance and storytelling focusing on human connection. Nathan’s journey begins when he was diagnosed with cancer and lost his family support that leads to the fragmented self. He found out source to live his life by reconstructing his identity. The study argues that fragmentation focusing on Nathan Glass and other characters portrayed as not merely a condition of loss but a transformative process that enables renewal and self- reconstruction of the self.