Ehmed Sameer

Great masterpiece and thought provoking..

Compound Words which were added to my vocab:Existential Frustration,Existential Vacuum,Paradox Intentioning,Logotheraphy Lines which i extracted from this book of Frankel. A.Man isn't the product of his environment.If having will power he can mould his environment akin to his growth. B.Little dose of Mental Frustration is pre requisite for Mental Growth. C.Every suffering has its own meaning which tests the endurance of individual. D.Know the why.Every How will itself be solved. E.An Abnormal Response to Abnormal Situation is Normal Behavior. All in all the book is very interesting to read.In terms of its message it is the Magnum Opus of Victor Frankel.Life doesn't provide you with linear graph.It is ridden with problems,sufferings.Only those persons get sail through who make meanings of such challenges.This book tells you why it is important to have goal in life(Existentialism).In Nazi Concentration Camp the author met death dime a dozen.There were conditions of hopelessness,despair,agony left right and centre.Prisoners had lost of coming back to this worldly life again for no chances of release were making them victims.In this state of uncertainty Victor did his best to bring them to life again.He exhorted them to associate meaning to the given pathetic conditions.They were reminded of retrospective rewards which the creator had bestowed upon them.For instance some prisoners had good wives,children,job and other commitments of life to fulfill.These could have blazed a trail to mitigate the sufferings of camp. The author managed to get them out of dry state and taught them to have Existential bent of mind. I recommend readers to go through the book as it will add insights to one's life.

At present skimming through the pages of this book.So far what I have come to learn that two friends are in the battlefield.One of them after getting maimed is making continuous pleas to his another friend to slit his throat as the former is shrieking,bawling and dying with pain but the friend denies all his supplication out of his love and duty which he owes towards another human being. Still continuing but feeling the pain of disemboweled friend...