I Am the Cheese Identity Quotes

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Quote #10

I wonder who the doctor is talking to, this somebody he calls Paul. Who is Paul? I know I am not Paul. There is another name I know about but I can't think of the name now and anyway [... ] I know, of course, who I am, who I will always be.
I am the cheese. (31.38-39)

Adam can't remember his name, he just knows that he is the cheese, and the cheese stands alone. Does this mean that being alone is his new identity? Can an identity take the form of a feeling?