Lost Identity

Lost Identity In the poem “Without a Title” by Diane Glancy, the poet portrays the theme of Identity because of the American Indian Boarding schools. The author uses the theme of Identity to convey an underlying message that when you lose your identity, you lose yourself. When the author states “ When he brought home his horns and hides, my mother said get rid of them...I remember the silence of his lost power” this evidence portrays the character (the father) is losing his identity because no one is caring enough to help him remember who he once was since the boarding made him forget. Diane Glancy states “No one marked his first kill ,no one sang the buffalo song” This evidence reveals that they lost their power because no one recognised