His identity was his hunting like culture and passion for meat. He no longer has the same experiences with meat. "Without a vision he had migrated to the city and went to work in the packing house." A packing house is a place where meat is prepared but this is nothing close to what hunting is. Without a vision it says, meaning he is not feeling anything spiritual about his ancestors traditions in a packing house. He is now stuck in an unfamiliar situation. .
"Search for my Tongue" also represents a loss of identity. The author explains her situation with the image of two tongues, she argues that you cannot use both together and is frustrated about loosing her mother tongue. She has lost a part of herself that makes her who she most comfortably is. An identity is what makes someone who they are, it is personal conception and expression. Personal identity collects qualities throughout life from experiences. Everything that is seen and felt and heard and learned. Living life in a certain language effects your identity. All languages and cultures are different. Loosing your first language because of another language is like looking your identity. .
"Without Title" and "Search For My Tongue" are both about dreams. In "Without Title," by Diana Glancy, the father only has memories of his culture. He wants to believe that his native culture is still a part of his life. "Oh, I couldn't see it but it was there, and in the night I heard his buffalo grunts like a snore." This quote shows that even when the father is asleep, he is in the emotional state of his hunting heritage. He couldn't see this, but it could be felt. The narrator connects the father's snoring to a buffalo grunt, which suggests that the father's true belonging is within his ancestor's culture. .
In "Search For My Tongue," by Sujata Bhatt, the poet tells of a dream, revealing her desire to be able to speak in the language of her homeland again.
