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Mean’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Linda Felix Positive Psychology Dr. R. Barke ' November 28, 2016   The book, in autobiographical mode, relates Auschwitz to the life of the author Viktor E. Frankl in the concentration camps of the former Nazi Germany. It reports the cruelty in which the SS soldiers used to mistreat the prisoners and in turn explains how the concentration camp life in the mind of the average prisoner affected. As soon as they reached the concentration camp, which in this

In the book Man's Search for Meaning, written by Viktor E. Frankl the psychologist, talks about his life in the concentration camps in Auschwitz and how he found the true meaning of life. Throughout the book, Frankl gives us detail about his life in the Nazi concentration camp and how the SS, which are Hitler’s loyal members who helped establish a ruthless country during World War II. The main message I received in reading the book was that it focused on the dehumanization which is the process of

blatantly abhorrent, and it is a surprise that people made it out of these camps alive. In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl uses his experiences in a concentration camp as an example to his readers that life holds a potential meaning no matter what condition a person is in. In the two parts of his book he analyzes his experiences and the

Number 119,104: Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl had a chance to escape the wrath of World War II, but he didn’t! Instead, he chose to stay behind so that he could be close to his parents. That choice, ultimately led him to extreme experiences within several Nazi concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. Watching those around him suffer the same fate, the same hardships and the same pain, he noticed that they all reacted differently. Those who had found a meaning

Renowned Psychiatrist and author, Viktor E. Frankl, chronicles his imprisonment and survival in Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps throughout his memoir, Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl describes his life in captivity during the holocaust and how he overcame grotesque and egregious circumstances by surviving through spiritual composure. Frankl’s theory logotherapy, is the certitude that humans are compelled to seek meaning in one’s life over the drive for pleasure. His theory has contributed

In his book “Man’s Search for Meaning”, Viktor E. Frankl presents the total reconstruction of his own mind due to the catastrophic experiences in a concentration camp. Through the time of reading this story a person would expect it would be an average novel about how someone survived, but Viktor presented what it really takes to survive and the phases of how it completely changes a person. This book made me really wonder what ‘switches’ turn on and off in each person’s head; whether it is the SS

Viktor Frankl is a well known psychiatrist and neurologist. He is praised for his book, Man’s Search For Meaning, a story that depicts Frankl’s viewpoint during the Holocaust. The narrative illustrates Victor’s perspective and his coping techniques during this time. Frankl also mentions his theory of Logotherapy. A technique that he uses to help people find meaning with their life. Reaction My reaction to this book can be summarized into two words: mind-blowing. I feel this every time I read or

Life was consumed by constant orders, labor, malnutrition, disease, and murder in the concentration camps. Yet somehow the human psyche in many individuals was able to endure throughout these imprisonments. Men and women were almost completely dehumanized during this genocide, but their psyche survived it. People had to find little things to keep themselves content and to nurture their psyche. “Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation” (63). Humor allows a person

meaning of life he decides to hopefully help those in pain and sufferings find their meaning as well. The book entails tragedy and extreme misfortune in Auschwitz concentration camp as a captive; yet through this pain and suffering is where Viktor Frankl originated his will to persevere and psychological techniques for survival. ​Throughout Viktor E. Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning mental, physical, and emotional torture and attack impressed on the prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp

logotherapy. I will be telling you about the history of logotherapy and the man behind it Victor E. Frankl, and how it works. The man behind the therapy Victor E. Frankl . Viktor E. Frankl was born in Vienna, Austria on March 26, 1905 and Frankl grew up in Vienna, the birthplace of modern psychiatry and home of the renowned psychiatrists Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. A brilliant student, Frankl was involved in Socialist youth organizations and became interested in psychiatry. At age 16 he began