Man's Search F0r Meaning Analysis
Man’s search f0r meaning: An intr0ducti0n
Man’s Search F0r Meaning is a b00k, based 0n the real life experience 0f Vikt0r E.Frankl, wh0 was a pris0ner at the Auschwitz c0ncentrati0n camp during W0rld War 2. Like s0 many German & East Eur0pean Jews wh0 th0ught themselves secure, Frankl flung int0 the netw0rk 0f c0ncentrati0n & exterminati0n camps & he survived. He believed that the reas0n he kept himself alive was that he stuck t0 h0pe, keeping in mind the sense 0f satisfacti0n he will get when he’ll meet his dear 0nes, 0nce he is 0ut 0f that place & being a psychiatrist, he imagined h0w he’ll be the 0ne lecturing pe0ple ab0ut h0w he survived in such an exhausting envir0nment. He believed that …show more content…
Frankl was an 0rdinary pris0ner at the camp, n0t a psychiatrist, 0r even as a d0ct0r, except f0r the last few weeks. But a few 0f his c0lleagues were lucky en0ugh t0 be empl0yed in p00rly heated first-aid p0sts applying b&ages made 0f scraps 0f waste paper. But his j0b was digging & laying tracks f0r railway stati0n. He was rewarded with a gift 0f s0 called “premium c0up0ns” . These were issued by the c0nstructi0n firm t0 which they were practically s0ld as slaves: the firm paid the camp auth0rities a fixed price per day, per pris0ner. The c0up0ns c0st the firm fifty pfennigs each & c0uld be exchanged f0r twelve cigarettes. But m0re imp0rtant, the cigarettes c0uld be exchanged f0r twelve s0ups & twelve s0ups were 0ften a very real respite fr0m starvati0n. Th0ugh, this privilege was reserved f0r the cap0s wh0 had their assured qu0ta 0f weekly …show more content…
After 0ne 0f them died,he viewed the scene with0ut being c&idly vexed, the scene which was rehashed again & again yet it didn't influence him n0w, despite the fact that he knew the individual wh0 was dead. It was this absence 0f feeling that made him rec0llect this epis0de.
Apathy is the main sympt0m 0f the sec0nd phase which was a necessary mechanism 0f self defence . The pris0ners 0nly had 0ne task t0 d0: t0 save 0ne’s 0wn life & that 0f the 0ther fell0w. They felt relieved c0ming back fr0m the w0rk site & being alive.
This state 0f pressure & the c0nstant urge & the task t0 stay alive f0rce the pris0ner’s life t0 an0ther extent.
The pris0ners usually dreamt 0f cake, cigarettes & nice warm baths.
Frankl was r0used 0ne night by a fell0w pris0ner wh0 threw himself up0n him in sleep, having a nightmare. He wanted t0 wake him up since he always felt s0rry f0r pe0ple suffering fr0m fearful dreams 0r deliria but he withdrew his h& because he became extremely c0nsci0us 0f the fact that n0 dream c0uld be as bad as the reality 0f camp which surr0unds
Man’s Search F0r Meaning is a b00k, based 0n the real life experience 0f Vikt0r E.Frankl, wh0 was a pris0ner at the Auschwitz c0ncentrati0n camp during W0rld War 2. Like s0 many German & East Eur0pean Jews wh0 th0ught themselves secure, Frankl flung int0 the netw0rk 0f c0ncentrati0n & exterminati0n camps & he survived. He believed that the reas0n he kept himself alive was that he stuck t0 h0pe, keeping in mind the sense 0f satisfacti0n he will get when he’ll meet his dear 0nes, 0nce he is 0ut 0f that place & being a psychiatrist, he imagined h0w he’ll be the 0ne lecturing pe0ple ab0ut h0w he survived in such an exhausting envir0nment. He believed that …show more content…
Frankl was an 0rdinary pris0ner at the camp, n0t a psychiatrist, 0r even as a d0ct0r, except f0r the last few weeks. But a few 0f his c0lleagues were lucky en0ugh t0 be empl0yed in p00rly heated first-aid p0sts applying b&ages made 0f scraps 0f waste paper. But his j0b was digging & laying tracks f0r railway stati0n. He was rewarded with a gift 0f s0 called “premium c0up0ns” . These were issued by the c0nstructi0n firm t0 which they were practically s0ld as slaves: the firm paid the camp auth0rities a fixed price per day, per pris0ner. The c0up0ns c0st the firm fifty pfennigs each & c0uld be exchanged f0r twelve cigarettes. But m0re imp0rtant, the cigarettes c0uld be exchanged f0r twelve s0ups & twelve s0ups were 0ften a very real respite fr0m starvati0n. Th0ugh, this privilege was reserved f0r the cap0s wh0 had their assured qu0ta 0f weekly …show more content…
After 0ne 0f them died,he viewed the scene with0ut being c&idly vexed, the scene which was rehashed again & again yet it didn't influence him n0w, despite the fact that he knew the individual wh0 was dead. It was this absence 0f feeling that made him rec0llect this epis0de.
Apathy is the main sympt0m 0f the sec0nd phase which was a necessary mechanism 0f self defence . The pris0ners 0nly had 0ne task t0 d0: t0 save 0ne’s 0wn life & that 0f the 0ther fell0w. They felt relieved c0ming back fr0m the w0rk site & being alive.
This state 0f pressure & the c0nstant urge & the task t0 stay alive f0rce the pris0ner’s life t0 an0ther extent.
The pris0ners usually dreamt 0f cake, cigarettes & nice warm baths.
Frankl was r0used 0ne night by a fell0w pris0ner wh0 threw himself up0n him in sleep, having a nightmare. He wanted t0 wake him up since he always felt s0rry f0r pe0ple suffering fr0m fearful dreams 0r deliria but he withdrew his h& because he became extremely c0nsci0us 0f the fact that n0 dream c0uld be as bad as the reality 0f camp which surr0unds