Elie Wiesel writes: “We no longer clung to anything. The instincts of self-preservation, of self-defense, of pride, had all deserted us.” What is the importance of pride and care of oneself in the author’s situation?

I think these death camps were designed to strip people of pride and identity. Elie got to the point where nothing mattered. He turned himself off emotionally to even his own survival. Feeling anything would mean he had to mentally process the horrors that were going on around him.