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Mans search for meaning
Danielle Mckoy
Professor Kurle
Psychology 1101
December 2nd, 2014
Man’s Search for Meaning The book, Man’s Search for Meaning was about a man who survived in a concentration camp and is now known as a famous psychiatrist. Frankl discusses exactly what happens in camp and how camp impacted him in vivid detail. He also discusses how he developed logotherapy, which is the proposition that the human person is motivated by a “will to meaning,” an inner feeling to find a meaning in life. Something that caught my attention is how sane Frankl seemed to be while he was in the concentration camp. Most other people were losing their sanity and hope of surviving and getting to see things back to normal. What also stood out in the book to me was how the survivors had to switch back to the normal world after all they went through. “Was Du erleblst, kann keine Macht der Welt Dir rauben”, (Frankl 90). This quote meant what you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you. This stood out as well because it meant to me that your past will never go away and it will always leave a mark on your life. In the book the survivors did not know what the normal was like outside of the camp. I could never imagine how they felt but I had an experience that was similar. I changed schools my senior year so I had to adjust to how different that school was from my old one. The newer school was a lot stricter, it was less diverse and it was longer. I immediately felt out of place and wanted to go back to my normal. Eventually I adjusted, just like the survivors did but of course it took them a lot longer to do. This book taught me to never take anything for granted and always be grateful for what I have. For example I use to take my family for granted because I figured they would always be there if I ever needed anything. Frankl helped me realize that at any second, they could be snatched away for me to possibly never see them again. So in the future I plan on being more appreciative of

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