The 1992 novel “Who is it that can tell who he (she) is” shows human lives wandering and drifting in time when so-called postmodernism was being spread in our society. Who I am is none other than identity. It is crucial to have this identity properly and precisely, for nobody can live without this identity. The identity of who I am is not formed by myself alone. It is constituted in relations with someone, in particular, a close, important Other. Regarding this, theorists of object relations in psychoanalysis provide significant insight.

Donald Winnicott, the eminent pediatrician and object relations theorist of England, is known to have proposed the concept of a "good enough mother." According to him, it is an important task of development for an infant to form a sense of self that is cohesive and positive. When the infant gets good caring and nurturing, the infant’s self-integration, the integration of body........

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