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In Life Studies, Lowell describes his distinctive vision of the relationship between the painful world and the suffering self. He uses the actual details of his private life and explores the tabooed realm of feelings toward the family. This concern with memory and time is reinforced by Freudian psychology, which also influences the comic strategy Lowell adopts for Life Studies. The comic character of the work deserves commentary as an effective way of seeing Life Studies. So the comic vein of Life Studies is wry, not full of happy feeling. It is rhetorically well supported, on a theory of the comedy that owes much to Freud under life's pressures, desperation, and pain. Freud believes that a certain kind of laughter is the final proof of adulthood. Laughter of adulthood is an assertion of superiority and at the same time a healthy release of otherwise destructive pressure. There is an exact agreement between this plot and the basic Freudian theme and variation involving the individual's struggle to become a mature adult in the setting of Lowell's family and society. Lowell seeks out a new style suitable for the theme of quest for his lost identity. Lowell finds his identity by overcoming psychological difficulties, and gains a new possibility of life.