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| Plot Summary of Recollections: An Autobiography by Viktor E. Frankl |
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"Viktor E. Frankl, born 1905, professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna, and author of the best seller 'Man's Search for Meaning' (1945), here gives a fascinating overview of his life and thought. As the creator of Logotherapy, the 'third Viennese school of psychotherapy' (the others being of Freud and Adler), and survivor of four Nazi concentration camps, he has a inspiring story to tell. Some experiences of his three year stay in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Kaufering III, and Turkheim camps are recounted here. His wonderful sense of humour shines out in jokes, cartoons, repartee and anecdotes. There are many useful black and white photographs and some of his original cartoon drawings.
This is a book which stimulates, inspires, and tantalises. He mentions several authors and a variety of counselling methods which cry out to be followed up in greater detail. These include 'common denominator technique', 'fate analysis', and 'paradoxical intention', and he even illustrates the latter by recounting how he used it to get out of a speeding ticket. Now that's a technique I can use!"
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- fights between different pol/social groups
- death penalty
job/profession:
- doctor/nurse
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Jew
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Family, ill
Yes
Who?
- husband
because he/she is
- basically "out of it"
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Which institution
- prison camp
War/Cloak & Dagger story?
- impact on civilian
Life in an institution
Yes
War/Spying
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- psychiatrist
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- prison
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- puns
- eccentric personalities
- Dry-cynical
- satire
- sarcastic/sardonic
- metaphorical
- gentle
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- touching of anatomy
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- war
- wicked men
- dying
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 26-50% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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