Essay About Human Reflection

Human Reflection Everyone is human. We all live to satisfy some purpose that we believe we are meant to fulfill. We define our lives by living and defeating the obstacles we go through. Whatever major challenges we encounter, we always give ourselves a pat on the back and say “I did it”. We all live for those moments and we live our lives day by day waiting for the next time we accomplish a major task. People rate their challenges by comparing it to others that they have encountered throughout their lives or by comparing it to others’ obstacles. In Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, he talks about his life through the period or the Nazis and concentration camps. He talks about the difficulties he goes through and to me, his pain and

To me, this looks like betrayal, but no one can really judge them because none of us can be in their position and justify this. All they were thinking at the time is survival. They were doing anything they can to survive. For them, they knew that being Capos would help them get more food and other necessities to help their struggle of surviving. As for the Nazi guards, they do their jobs by administering the work and keeping the prisoners working. By the way that they treated the prisoners, it’s like they see these prisoners as animals. They had no mercy for them. They grew up learning that the Jews were the lowest form of life. They were just doing their jobs and believed what they were told. “As soldiers would witness the mistreatment, torture, and murder of prisoners of concentration camps and believe that because all of the other guards are acting that way, it was okay for them to as well”(Jasmine). When the officers saw what other officers were doing, they started doing the same. As humans, they were protecting their superiority. They were threatened by the Jews in some way that they believed they needed to exterminate them all. In some way, they were all showing survival in their way of being humans. All they wanted to make sure is that they can live a better life. The prisoners did what they were told to ensure they will live longer, the Capos did their jobs in order to