Man's Search For Meaning By Viktore E. Frankl

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Freedom, is part of the human nature that we all seek to gain. Whether it be because of political reason or some other factor, human beings do are obliged to do things such as moving to a different country or hide to gain their most deserved freedom. Every human being has their natural born rights. However, some people believe that any freedom is conditioned and limited by a different and certain situations. In the book Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktore E. Frankl, the narrator, Frankl dreams of the day he was going to be free again. After being taken to the Auschwitz Jewish camp by the Nazi, Frankl found himself dreading his existence. Along with many others, Frankl experienced one of the most horrific experiences that existed in human history. …show more content…

Determinism states that a person is “completely and unavoidably influenced, shaped and controlled by his/her surroundings.”(Pg. 65). Followers of this idea feel there’s always a situation that might either limit or control their actions. However, Frankl is completely against the theory of determinism. Followers of the idea of determinism feel that people will always be conditioned to be free or have true human liberty. To counter argue that, Frankl questions “is there no spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction to any given surroundings?”(Pg. 65) Frankl feels that people have spiritual and emotional freedom to choose whatever they want to do. In Frankl’s situation he has no physical freedom. He gets severely abused and gets deprived of his natural born human freedoms, however, no one, not even the Nazi, could take Frankl’s spiritual freedom and his attitude. Frankl believes that attitude of choosing apathy, in his case giving up his food and offering to those that were suffering lets him overcome the issue of attitude towards different situations for a better

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