The conflict that the individual faces will force him to strengthen and strengthen his identity in order to survive. In “The Cellist of Sarajevo” all the characters experience a brutal war that makes each of them struggle, albeit in different ways. They each have their own anxieties and anger that ultimately make them grow as characters by the end of the book. When you look at what makes a person who they are, it becomes obvious that the struggles they have faced have affected them dramatically. The individual will discover that this development is the pure essence of what it truly means to be