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"Unconsciousness: A Psychoanalytic Reading of "The Opponent of the Blur Nights" Pouya Dakhili English Literature, MA, SBU Abstract In the following article, Golshiri’s short story "The Opponent of the Blur Nights" will be analyzed in the light of Freudian psychoanalysis.
Keywords: Freud, death drive, identity, unconscious Upon reading any fictional work, no matter what the genre is, the reader will be transformed into another world filled with its own unique particularities.
One of the speculations that the story really advertises is that this opponent is the unconscious mind of the protagonist.
There are a couple of reasons to have this speculation, to believe that the two sides playing the game are the conscious and unconscious mind of the protagonist.
In the middle of the story, the opponent says that "if she [Akhtar] comes here?" I said, "You play your game.
When the story finishes, it makes the reader to ask, "Are the characters dead or alive?" The first instance of death is related to an incident Akhtar has read in the newspaper.
As it is mentioned to the surprise of the reader, it is suggested that all the characters are alive at the end of the story, Akhtar complaining about the radio that it is on, or Mr. Moghadami watering the flowers and plants in his yard.
The idea that the whole story is a dream of the protagonist is supported by the fact that one’s unconsciousness is more liberate when one is asleep (Tyson, 2006, p."