Kazuo Ishiguro's the buried giant : a buried anima in an amnesic mind

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This article studies the anima archetype of the protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant.

It shows that the memory has a great impact on the possession of a healthy or at least an unchangeable anima.

The article uses the individuation theory of Carl Jung focusing mainly on the notions of archetypes particularly the one of the anima.

The presence of the ence of the memory is shown in this study to be a game changer.

On the other hand, amnesia is exposed to be a phenomenon which can change the self, the life and, thus the destiny of the amnesic person.

This article discusses briefly the definitions of the important terms that will come across the reader every now and then.

The result and discussions are left to the end of the article where Jung's theory is applied on the novel showing mainly the metamorphosis of Axl's anima.

This article exposes anima as one of the mysterious abilities of the unconscious mind and its role in defining the shape and the type of the human relationships.