An eruption of writings: the fall of the woman, the rise of the cockroach – deconstructing identity through the erasure of human identity

Abstract

The presence of the cockroach accentuates the drama of consciousness experienced by G. H. that this is a kind of "rite of passage". Rites of passage are associated with the anthropological gaze, which could bring enlightenment to another existential dilemma experienced by the character, confirming the experience as an overcoming of steps, based on the causality of before and after. The character lives her passion, a via crucis of abandonment and dissolution only to rediscover, a moment later, within herself, the human race. The presence of the cockroach accentuates the drama of consciousness experienced by G. H. that this is a kind of "rite of passage", which is usually loaded with crises. G. H. travels down a path opposite to that of culture. Between disgust and wonder, the character can identify within herself a primordial force that feeds the humans we are, and it is in this direction that it moves, seeking to reunite the mythical subject to the forces of nature. The moment of eating the cockroach merges with the primary world, which, she affirms, incorporates the temporalities of past civilizations.