He neglects his problems through dissociation. Prior is able to dissociate from his own "awareness to avoid pain" (Vickroy). He limits himself to only writing on a pad to communicate. His dissociation, too, causes Prior to back himself into his mind. Priors dreams are extraordinarily clear as he dreams of himself holding a fellow soldier's eye, named Towers, in his hand. The hole in the eye represents "a hole in reality for him", and "his narcissistic integrity is shattered" (Mukherjee). Prior struggles to get away from these dreams and society. He feels no civilian in Britain can relate to the experiences he has witnessed. He tries to shut himself farther from the people in his life. Pat Barker shows this dissociation by making Prior's inner character hostile to everything in his surroundings. In that case, trying to escape from a problem or a situation causes more problems to
He neglects his problems through dissociation. Prior is able to dissociate from his own "awareness to avoid pain" (Vickroy). He limits himself to only writing on a pad to communicate. His dissociation, too, causes Prior to back himself into his mind. Priors dreams are extraordinarily clear as he dreams of himself holding a fellow soldier's eye, named Towers, in his hand. The hole in the eye represents "a hole in reality for him", and "his narcissistic integrity is shattered" (Mukherjee). Prior struggles to get away from these dreams and society. He feels no civilian in Britain can relate to the experiences he has witnessed. He tries to shut himself farther from the people in his life. Pat Barker shows this dissociation by making Prior's inner character hostile to everything in his surroundings. In that case, trying to escape from a problem or a situation causes more problems to