In gogol's the nose the loss of a nose symbolizes the loss of power agree or disagree

disagree.

Explanation:

It would be closer to the actual narrative, since the character never really had much power to begin with, neither socially nor personally, to interpret the loss of the nose as loss of identity or as a demonstration of the character's impotence or frustration with his inability to climb in the social ranks, that at that time were all-important and pervasive, and his fixation with his appearance that, without his nose, becomes unbearable for the character.