Friday, 11 April 2008

Connections Between Ivan and Viktor




Your Ticket to Discussion

1. Kendra—Numbers are used instead of names to make people seem less than human.
2. Nicky—The soup (from the bottom)
3. Rachel—They tried to stay in the middle of the crowd.
4. Kyle—They avoided trouble.
5. Lauren—To both, life is beautiful, as the movie of that title.
6. Sasha—Dehumanization.
7. Kelly--Sick bay was relief from work.
8. Joe--World War II involvements.
9. Mazie—Mindset of prisoners (psychological impact).
10. Lindsey—The prisoners loved rest and alone time.
11. Alyse—A sense of vulnerability; had no more control over their own lives.
12. Paul—Main character male. (This needs expansion or replacement.)
13. Alex—Guards act almost inhuman, so heedless of prisoners’ feelings. You can beat a number easier than a person.
14. Natalie—No outside help, so other prisoners became family.
15. Sara—Lack of sanitation.
16. Jen—Prisoners kept positive attitudes.
17. Mike G.—Reduce prisoners to level of animals.
18. Connor—Answered truthfully, but limited.
19. Saryn—Neither men wrote to their wives (So what relationship did they have?)
20. Andrew—Both narrators try to make life better for themselves, even in small ways.
21. Katie Col—Survivors of camps had similar outlooks on life which would influence life after prison.
22. Mike S.—Both find deeper meanings to life in harsh situations.
23. Aly—Control by guards and lack of concern for prisoners’ welfare.
24. Katie Com—Apathy as a defense mechanism.
25. Jena—Both have adapted to life in prison.

Monday, 7 April 2008

Section Summaries of Man's Search for Meaning, Part II



Assignment: Provide a summary of the section you signed up for. In your response, please include the number listed and the subtitle from the book with your name.

Part Two: Basic Concepts of Logotherapy
1. Paul "Will to Meaning"
2. Sasha "Existential Frustration"
3. Kendra "Noögenic Neuroses"
4. Alyse "Noö-Dynamics"
5. Mazie "The Existential Vacuum"
6. Sara "The Meaning of Life"
7. Andrew "The Essence of Existence"
8. Jennifer "The Meaning of Love"
9. Connor "The Meaning of Suffering"
10. Katie Com "Meta-Clinical Problems"
11. Saryn "A Logodrama"
12. Rachel "The (Super or) Supra-Meaning"
13. Lauren "Life’s Transitoriness"
14. Jena and Lindsey "Logotherapy as a Technique"
15. Kelly "The Collective Neurosis"
16. Kyle "The Critique of Pan-Determinism"
17. Katie Col "The Psychiatric Credo"
18. Mike "Psychiatry Rehumanized"
Postscript 1984
19a. Joe "The Case for Tragic Optimism"
19b. Natalie "The Case for Tragic Optimism"
20a. Alex "Afterward"
20b. Nicky "Afterward"
20c. Miche "Afterward"
20d. Aly "Afterward"