In “The English Patient” by Michael Ondaatje, set before World War II, critically illustrates four different characters who come together at Villa San Girolamo, an Italian monastery . Simultaneously, a revolutionary love story occurred between these four characters during this period. These four main people are included, a burned-out Englishman Ladislaus de Almasy, a twenty-year-old French-Canadian nurse Hana, a Sikh British army sapper Kip, and the Canadian thief David Caravaggio. However, the burned Englishman, nicknamed "the English patient", is treated by Hana in an abandoned Italian monastery. Then there are two other characters, David Caravaggio and Kip, both of whom meet at the villa. While the concepts of nationality, borders, and social confinement are no longer stable in the desert of war, national boundaries and identity in the novel become blurred. and ambiguous. War breaks down the borders of nations, so identity also brings with it the feeling of lack of a definable identity. The characters' identities are deconstructed by their attempts to escape their names, their bodies, and their environments. First of all, Almasy in this story represents the multiplicity of identities. When reading the novel, the most fascinating character, Ladislas de Almasy, whose identity is considered a myth until the end of the story. The novel begins with an unknown “she” and “man”. In fact, the English patient's body is burned beyond recognition and his memory is vague, making it easy for readers to find empty space to deconstruct his identity. His multidimensional identity is reflected in his anonymity, his multiple nationalities and languages, his faceless figure. Apparently the names and...... middle of paper ......, could be confused with the identity of the English patient since they don't know if he is a barbarian or a traitor or an English patient . everyone, all labels such as name, body, language and nationality play an important role in how society categorizes one racially, politically or culturally. However, Almasy himself has the opposite desire to return to a “pure” state like that of the desert in which his “self” is not marked by a name, nationality or other social frameworks. The mysterious nature of the intrigues surrounding the main character makes one suspect that different characters are trying to fill in the gaps in his story that history has torn into the fabric of the English patient's identity which remains fluid and therefore ambiguous and multifaceted.Works CitedOndaatje ,Michael. The English Patient: a novel. New York: Vintage Books, 1993. Print.