' s ▁narr ative ▁writing ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁attempt ▁( un ack now led ged ▁and ▁probably ▁un cons cious ) ▁to ▁trans pose ▁into ▁writing ▁the ▁route , ▁rh ythm , ▁style , ▁form ▁and ▁movement ▁of ▁a ▁ps y cho anal yt ic ▁process ▁in ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁its ▁long ▁series ▁of ▁success ive ▁sessions , ▁with ▁all ▁the ▁re co ils , ▁repet itions , ▁resist ances , ▁den ial s , ▁breaks ▁and ▁dig ress ions ▁that ▁are ▁the ▁conditions ▁of ▁any ▁pro gression ." ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁authors ▁have ▁looked ▁at ▁From ▁An ▁Ab andon ed ▁Work ▁from ▁a ▁Fre ud ian ▁perspective : ▁ ▁Michel ▁Bernard , ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁displays ▁all ▁the ▁signs ▁of ▁o ed ip al ▁tra uma : ▁" The ▁questions ▁that ▁ass ail ▁him ▁reve al ▁a ▁murder ous ▁wish ▁directed ▁toward ▁his ▁father ; ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁they ▁disc lose ▁his ▁fear ▁of ▁being ▁pun ished ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁and , ▁thus , ▁his ▁secret ▁love ▁for ▁his ▁mother ". ▁ ▁Phil ▁Baker ▁claims ▁that ▁the ▁text ' s ▁" associ ative ▁mon olog ue ▁about ▁psych ic ▁dist ress ▁still ▁shows ▁an ▁un m ist ak able ▁relationship ▁to ▁the ▁talking ▁c ure ". ▁The ▁narr ator ' s ▁pre occupation ▁with ▁the ▁colour ▁white ▁fu els ▁Baker ' s ▁inter text ual ▁reading : ▁" The ▁association ▁of ▁the ▁mother ▁with ▁wh iten ess , ▁and ▁the ▁fasc ination ▁with ▁white ▁dream ▁animals