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1、-critical review范文-第 4 页IntroductionIn Mans Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl tells the very personal story of his experience as a prisoner in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. He presents this story in the form of an essay in which he shares his arguments and analysis as a doctor and ps
2、ychologist as well as a former prisoner. This paper will review Frankls story as well as his main arguments, and will evaluate the quality of Frankls writing and focus on any areas of weakness within the story.SummaryThis section contains a summary of Mans Search. Frankl begins his book by stating t
3、hat his purpose in writing the book is not to present facts and details of the Holocaust, but to provide a personal account of the everyday life of a prisoner living in a concentration camp. He states, “This tale is not concerned with the great horrors, which have already been described often enough
4、 (though less often believed), butit will try to answer this question: How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?” (21). Frankl then goes on to describe the three stages of a prisoners psychological reactions to being held captive in a concentration
5、camp.The first phase, which occurs just after the prisoner is admitted to the camp, is shock. The second phase, occurring once the prisoner has fallen into a routine within the camp, is one of apathy, or “the blunting of the emotions and the feeling that one could not anymore” (42). The third phase,
6、 which occurs after the prisoner has been liberated from the camp, is a period of “depersonalization”, in which “everything appears unreal, unlikely, as in a dream” (110). In this phase, released prisoners also feel a sense of “bitterness and disillusionment” when returning to their former lives (11
7、3). Frankl describes each of these phases using psychological theory and provides personal experiences to exemplify each of the stages.Authors ArgumentsAs described above, Frankls main purpose for writing this book is to present and analyze the average prisoners psychological reactions to the everyd
8、ay life of a concentration camp. His three main arguments are his presentation and analysis of each of the psychological stages that the average concentration camp prisoner experiences: shock, apathy and depersonalization. He bases his analyses of each of these stages on the actions of the prisoners
9、 and his own personal thoughts and reactions as he experienced life in a concentration camp.For example, Frankl argues that the second phase of apathy forces “the prisoners life down to a primitive level” (47) in which “all efforts and all emotions were centered on one task: preserving ones own life
10、 and that of the other fellow” (47). He bases this theory on events he witnessed while living in the camp himself, and states, “It was natural that the desire for food was the major primitive instinct around which mental life centered. Let us observe the majority of prisoners when they happened to w
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