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...himself to his religious studies. This shows that Elie does not listen to Moshe the Beadle because he does not believe such cruel events will happen on them. This also shows that Elie is too innocent that he does not learn the horror of the world since he does not believe what Moshe the Beadle says. Clearly, before the Holocaust, Elie・s identity is not yet destroyed. He finds faith and enjoys in his religious Yip 2 study. Taken from his home in Sighet where he lived and worshiped freely as a Jew, Elie observes first hand the brutality toward the Jews and begins to doubt his identity. For example, Elie watched and comments, ：. . .flames. . . Gigantic flames. They were burning something. A lorry drew up at the pit and delivered its load--little children. Babies! Yes, I saw it--saw it with my own eyes. . .those children in the flames. (Is it surprising that I could not sleep after that?)； (30). This shows that the murders of these babies start to destroy Elie・s identity, and the flames consume Elie・s soul with the babies. This also shows that the scene he views shocked him because it makes him cannot sleep after that. In addition, after Elie observes the crimes against his people, he reflects, ：I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames； (31). This shows that the Nazis turn Elie from an innocent, loving, hopeful child into a hopeless, meaningless teenager. This also shows that the suffering during the Holocaust force Elie to change his view of everything. Furthermore, Elie cannot even use his own name at Auschwitz when, ：The three ．veterans,・ with needles in their hands, engraved a number on their left arms. I became A-7713. After that I had no other name； (39). This shows that Elie loses his self-respect during the Holocaust. This also shows that the Germans don・t treat the Jews like humans, and they treat them like animals. Clearly, during the Holocaust, Elie・s identity is destroyed day by day. After suffering so much, Elie loses his identity and becomes concerned only with survival. For example, when Idek beats Elie・s father, Elie reveals, ：In fact I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I Yip 3 felt at that moment was directed not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek・s outbreak. This is what concentration camp life had made of me； (52). This shows that the concentration camp life makes Elie loses all his faiths, and it breaks all his dreams. This also shows that the life in the concentration camp forces Elie to become selfish and desensitized. In addition, after the forty-two mile run through bitter, cold snow, Elie・s father finally dies. He then r...