The main purpose of life is to discover ourselves. Many psychologists have thought about ways to explain the process of achieving this goal, among them Carl Gustav Jung. Jung proposed revolutionary theories of self-knowledge that, in many people's eyes, surpassed the theories of others. His most famous theory was the process of achieving self-awareness, also known as individuation. According to Carl Jung, the journey to self-awareness has four main aspects: the Persona, the Shadow, the Anima and the Self. Each aspect, better known as an archetype, is crucial to achieving self-awareness and each archetype builds on the one before it. This view of self-awareness was widely publicized and had an impact on many people, including Robertson Davies, the author of the fictional memoir "Fifth Business." Davies used this concept of the journey to self-awareness in his novel and inflicted it on the protagonist, Dunstan Ramsay. Dunstan undertakes this journey throughout the novel and is cast in the role of the outcast, the role of Fifth Business, as the title suggests. When someone is Fifth Company, they are the outcast in their own life, not being the person in charge, and Dunstan fits into this role perfectly. Fifth Business "knows the secret of the hero's birth, comes to the heroine's aid when she thinks all is lost, keeps the hermit in his cell and can even be the cause of someone's death" ( Davies, 218). This explanation of Fifth Affairs fits into Dunstan's life with a high degree of precision, vaguely but precisely describing the events of his life. Dunstan achieved self-awareness by embracing his role as Fifth Company....... middle of article...... review of a published article about his "boring" life, saying "J 'was cast by fate and my own character for the vital but never glorious role of Fifth Business' (Davies, 9). His psychological fate was sealed the second the snowball left Boy's hand; Fifth Affair and all subsequent events in his life flowed from the outcome of that day. The Jungian archetypes of Persona, Anima, Shadow, and Self all played important roles during Dunstan's journey to life. self-awareness, because they all played an important role in his life, affecting his every move Dunstan's role in the Fifth Company and him consciously recognizing that it was crucial for him to achieve self-awareness because. this is the real role he fits into, and if he had denied it, he would not have known his true self, which is the Fifth Company, and individuation..