s meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by doing a deed; (2) by experiencing a value; and (3) by suffering." This theory is further supported by Frankl's analysis of unemployed workers that had fall into a depressed state of neurosis. Frankl found that the unemployed were in need of meaning in their life. The lack of work made them feel as if they were useless. Once Frankl convinced the unemployed workers to volunteer their time the neurosis halted. The significance here is that the financial strain of the individuals did not change but their self worth or meaning did.The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell," describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl develooped as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instinct and urges were the driving force of humanity's life; Frankl, however, believes that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. "Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is," Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips." This part of the book transferred from an easy reading autobiography to a complex psychiatric journal describing, in detail, the theory behind logotherapy. This section gets heavy into psychiatric jargon making it hard to understand at times. However, even with out totally understanding every work written, the reader is still able to draw the meaning of Dr. Frankl's work.This book definitely opens the eyesof the reader to the values we hold dear and the privileges we think we all deserve. It makes one reconsider the depth of our suffering and realize the depth that it could reach. This piece of work would definitely help anyone who is feeling down and out to realize that there is a meaning for their suffering and that ...
