The man in search of meaning, personal opinion
‘Success, such as happiness, cannot be persecuted, must happen and will only happen as the side effect without the intention of one devoted to a cause greater than oneself, or as derived from dedicating ourselves to a person who is not ourselves ourselves,’ ‘- Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl was a renowned Austrian psychotherapPsychological view.
Viktor divides the book into 2 chapters, the first chapter narrating its experience within the concentration camps and the second explaining what the logotherapy consists of, the first chapter consists of 3 different phases, being the first “ Internment in the field ” It begins by telling what was discussed when the prisoners were transferred to other fields even when they knew that the final destination was the gas chamber, the only reason that kept animated prisoners was the thought of one day to return with their family, this same thought He created aggressive behavior within the prisoners themselves, since they did anything so that they were not the following to die and that any other prisoner occupied their place, an example of this used brute force or pelas among themselves, betrayal and even robbery, even robbery, All in order to fulfill that unique reason that maintained them with hope of living, the book mentions that the first symptom of internment in the camp Or it is the shock, since the prisoners were told that they were going to work at an ammunition factory and they trusted it until through the grilles they saw that they were reaching a concentration camp which they thought it was Auschwitz, Upon arrival there was some confusion, since they were received by another group of smiling prisoners, this was no accident, since the inmates were carefully selected to create a confidence between the inmates and make them feel safe, which at a few minutes disappeared, and That later they were directed to two rows, the left and right, where in the left row all the prisoners who were not going to serve for forced labor who would end in the gas chamber, Viktor say that 90% of the group where he I was terminated in the gas chamber in a matter of hours, the other row was sent to forced labor, but they were in the same way deprived of liberties and left bare only with the shoes.
The second phase is life in the country Around, within the concentration camps there were only two issues to talk about, that they were politics and religion, he mentions that there were prisoners capable of becoming a space anywhere to pray which felt a deep religious relationship, according to Viktor these Prisoners resisted the conditions in the field better, because they were isolated from around to retract to their previous life where their intellectual wealth and spiritual freedom gave them a better perspective on their future, these and other events gave way to Viktor deduced to deduce that only through love and that only in him is the salvation of the human being, “ when everything has been lost Eda love ’’, dr. Frank along with several prisoners clung to life thinking about a son, wife, or close family, the love referred to. Frank defines it as a love that goes beyond the motherhood of being loved, ‘’ love transcends the natural person of being loved and finds its deepest meaning in his own spirit, in his intimate self.” In this phase, I am especially surprised by the experiences that the author tells about what was happening and the attitude that other prisoners took, a positive attitude, something that really seems impossible to achieve due to the circumstances in which all the prisoners were , but in spite of that there were people who managed And they inspire due to how difficult it is to achieve them, that speaks of willpower in some people who, however difficult the circumstances in which they find they manage others that same attitude, even for only one moment, minutes or hours, manage to spread other people and momentarily change those difficult moments, this is What refers to the last of human freedoms, which is “ The choice of personal attitude towards a set of circumstances to decide its own path ”, even in a concentration camp it was shown that the human being can maintain His dignity, or could happen that the prisoner forgets his dignity, that he gave everything for lost and that would take away human characteristics that would make him lose qualities leaving him in a primitive state, the prisoner who lost his faith in the future was lost, after Prepare the “ profile ” of a prisoner in a concentration camp, it could be said that the human being is directly influenced by his environment and that his behavior, but the DR. Frankl incorporates a new element that considers important: spiritual freedom. Frankl says that man is not reduced to the sum of biological, psychological or sociological factors that condition people’s behavior, but also says that even in the most extreme and difficult moments, man has always had the capacity for choice. In the field, some decided to devote their forces to comfort the weakest, others not, the important thing is to keep the choice of an attitude of their own circumstances in certain circumstances circumstances. One finally decided whether or not he submitted. The question was if one was going to allow himself to be molded and ended as the common prison.
Viktor also gives an explanation or tries to understand the psychology of the guards of the camp, wondering how it was possible that a man of flesh and blood treated the like in the way they were treated, among the guards there were all kinds, of those of those thosethat they enjoyed suffering or mistreating prisoners to those who felt sorry for them, this gave way to deduce that there were only two types of race between the human being, the first is the race of decent and indecent beings, which whichThey are found in all social strata and everywhere, here the dr. Frank says something that I leave very thoughtful, when he says ‘’ What really is man? – It is the being that always decides what it is.” In that exact part I caused me a moment of reflection because I consider it as a very difficult phrase or existential question to answer and he with a simple phrase seems that he encompasses a complex response with themes to discuss, I believe that when one of themost difficult times for human being.
The third phase is that of liberation, where the psychology of the prisoner who has been released is explained, he mentions that although the white flag had been raised in the concentration camps that did not cause an euphoria, there were prisoners who did not believe thatIt was true, some that despite being out of bars and seeing the green fields for which they were surrounded did not smile or felt any happiness, something had been lost in the field and it was the ability to rejoice, there was no other way to learn itagain. Everything seemed unreal and unlikely as a dream. No one could take seriously that they were finally free.
What impacts me on this phase is the anecdote that the DR has. Frankl when he says that I listen to two newly released prisoners to talk and when one asks that if he was happy to have been released, the response of the other prisoner was that no, to which Frankl explains that that represents a feeling of an unreal dream in whichAt any time they could wake up and realize that everything is a lie.
One of the phrases that I liked most about the book was that of: the one who has a why, can support any as. That phrase is very important, since in my opinion it tells us that we have to find a specific reason that can guide us and can serve as a life engine to cope with any fortuitous event or event that happens in our lives and at the same time serves as a motivatorTo find that reason that gives us a meaning in life, once having defined the “ because ”, and the “ as ” will be presented that freedom to decide as the one that makes vktor mention, if we do usthe victim or in the opposite case of cope with the situation and take a positive attitude to deal with any undesirable event that arises.
It is very difficult for me to imagine or put me instead of Viktor Frankl for all the experiences he lived, but in spite of that the book served as an example to understand in greater magnitude the difficulties to which man has submitted and has managed to get ahead, despite being in extremely difficult situations, this is a very good book and explains how to copethe life of man.
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