ThLoss is the result of the climactic transformations that Cleopatra and Kertesz endure. This loss is the result of one institutional ideal being exerted on another. A group forms and creates an ideal identity, which implies an "other" outside this identity. The group imposes its ideals on potentially valuable “others” after a transformation to create similarity. This is achieved by changing embodiment in both the case of the Fatelessness and Freak characters: in Cleopatra's new Freak body and Kertesz's bodily scars and emotional distance. Freaks is a struggle between separate institutional ideals for power. The two bodies of “strange” people (Cleopatra) and “normal” people (Hans) are representative devices. Cleopatra and Hans allow the other access to themselves through their romantic endeavors. Cleopatra seeks her fortune from Hans, whom she tries to poison. She disrespects Hans, seeing him only for his money without considering his emotions as she would a “normal” person. Because Cleopatra's body is transformed into a bird and Hans does not die from her poison, she is deceived: she experiences the loss of her free will, while Hans only loses a little pride. Kertesz, as "other", is forced by the Nazis to endure their process of mutilation, based on what their ideals deem not/permissible. Nazi philosophy does not aim to assimilate Jews like Kertesz as “one of [them],” but imposes changes in embodiment that result in discontinuity – a death. Kertesz does not become "one of [them]" in his incarnation, but is effectively changed by them and left virtually paralyzed by his experience. Cleopatra's incarnation, however, aims to make her "one of [them]". the body fits into a very specific niche: it doesn't have... the center of the card... strength, but a vulnerable weakness. Therefore, embodiment is the conscious perception of "it" as opposed to "Me." “He has no feelings or personal agency. “I”, however, is present. Embodiment is “being a body” and also consciously possessing the body. Cleopatra's transformation into a Freak is a loss, as it is unintentional. However, the scope of its power is not wide enough. Kertesz's idea of ​​himself changes along with his incarnation. They digress from existence as “I” to “it.” “It” is the oppressive view of the other towards a different individual: an “it” over which “me” (the institution) can gain power. When the institution gains control of another body, it incorporates this body into itself, resulting in the death of the person who previously embodied it. Changes in incarnation involve loss. An integral effect of active embodiment is personal identity and agency.