There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image.
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.
I believe I'm going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I'm going to die high off the people. I believe I'm going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.