Data Trustworthiness FRANK’S FAILURE IN OVERCOMING IDENTITY CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT TOWARD HER PERSONALITY: A PSYCHOSOCIAL ANALYSIS TOWARD BANKS’THE WASP FACTORY.

35 occupational identity which disturbs young people. Identity diffusion covers up a wide range of aspects such as identity confusion in family, race, job, education, gender, sexuality and many more. Identity diffusion is also known as severe identity confusion. Those who are facing this identity diffusion are likely to be confronted with several problems concerning their mind. Erikson 1968: 170 mentions that identity diffusion is likely to be accompanied by a acute upset, b identity confusion and c excessive self- awareness. Those problems are originated from an unhealthy social condition. If a certain individual is living in a family or society that is manifested with a sense of negativity, it will surely affect the individual. The individual will fail to understand hisher role in society and are likely to be confronted with some identity problems or crisis. a. Acute upset Acute upset is the tendency of unleashing anger or hatred. A positive mind is a mind filled with positive thought. Those with positive mind will try to diminish the feeling of anger or hatred toward someone. As for those with a negative thought, even a small thing can easily upset them. An adolescent who suffers from identity diffusion is likely to be having an acute upset. The first aspect of Frank’s identity crisis is shown by her acute upset. Her life is full of negativity as she strives in 36 attempt to overcome her identity crisis. The example of Frank’s acute upset can be seen below. I blame my father, not to mention whatever stupid bitch it was threw him over for another man. My father must take the blame in part at least because of that nonsense in Eric’s early years, letting him dress as he wanted and giving him the choice of dresses and trousers; Harmsworth and Morag stove were quite right to be worried about the way their nephew was being brought up, and did the proper thing in offering to look after him. Everything might have been different if my father hadn’t had those draft ideas, if my mother hadn’t resented Eric, if the Stoves had taken him away earlier; but it happened the way it did, and as such I hope my father blames himself as much as I blame him. Banks, 1987: 114 Parents are the guidance of their children, but in Frank’s family, the parents are not a role model. Frank’s father is also behaves in a sense out of ordinary. Frank is not directly affected by that strange behavior of his father, but rather she is unable to develop a healthy personality. The line “..I blame my father, not to mention whatever stupid bitch it was threw him over for another man..” shows Frank’s acute upset toward her parents. She has a tendency to hate something that is disturbing her sense of identity. She also puts the blame on someone else, in this sense, her family. Although it is clear that her family is not a decent family, Frank is easily getting upset by every little thing that happens in her family. Not only that Frank puts blame to her father, she also hates the existence of her mother. Frank’s mother is also the other person that can cause Frank to get upset just by remembering the memory about her. That is because her mother is not 37 different from her father, so all in all, Frank’s hatred is pointed heavily toward her family. I can’t remember my mother, because if I did I’d hate her . As it is, I hate her name, the idea of her. It was she who let the Stoves take Eric away to Belfast, away from the island, away from what he knew. They thought that my father was a bad parent because he dressed Eric in girl’s clothes and let him run wild, and my mother let them take him because she didn’t like children in general and Eric in particular; she thought he was bad for her karma in some way. Probably the same dislike of children led her to desert me immediately after my birth, and also caused her only return on that one, fateful occasion when she was at least partly responsible for my little accident. All in all, I think I have good reason to hate her. Banks, 1987: 47 For Frank, even remembering a tiniest bit memory of her mother is giving her a sense of hatred. It is clearly stated from the line “..I can’t remember my mother, because if I did I’d hate her..” that Frank hates her mother very much. The reason of Frank’s hatred is that her mother has abandoned her family. Family is the core of everyone’s social life, it is the mark of the beginning in stepping toward society. As for Frank, she treats her family in a negative way. She hates her family and puts the blame on her family. So in a sense, Frank’s family is already deranged from the start, but instead of finding a solution, Frank’s acute upset causes her to only blame and build up hatred toward the family. b. Identity Confusion Another bad point from Frank’s identity diffusion is the identity confusion. As a teenager, Frank is troubled by her gender identity. She is unable to define her own