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I have to begin by saying that this book is incredible, in its use of descriptive language to paint a picture to coerce one feel like they are there with him. The way he uses words to immerse the reader into believing that they are experiencing theses travesty. He brings the reader into his mind and forces them to share his thoughts. The reader’s first introduction to Frankl is one of surprise. It does not start like thought it would, but putting the reader in the car not large enough to hold the amount of people in it. Heading to Auschwitz, me knowing the history of this camp, I believed that he would for sure in the near future of the book. It did not dawn on me until the second chapter that this is the man that created Logotherapy, but I will discuss more about that latter. When he is describing how small the cab that …show more content…

I almost wanted to throw the book when he said that they could not even lie down, they order stand or squat the entire time. Let’s take a break and realize that for 4 whole days that they were forced do this. I can hardly stand for longer than an hour at a time and they did this for 96 hours. Another part that brought me to tears was the statement that all they were given to eat was a one five-ounce piece of bread during the whole trip. What I have never been able to understand, is how someone can hate something due to their skin color or their beliefs. Time and time again we have saw this narrative and no one has yet to break this mistreatment of groups of people. The only crime that Frankl was guilty of during his life was being Jewish (something he could not change). However, I even started to believe that maybe the history books had gotten it wrong from how Frankl was responding to the smiling faces that me him when he arrived. Oh, but how wrong was I when he broke my spirit by explain why the people were smiling and what type of jobs they

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