How To Camp Life In Viktor E. Frankl Man's Search For Meaning

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As a CMU Honors Scholar Program student, I know that the person I walked into CMU’s doors, is not the same person I leave at the end of this past semester. There have been some miniscule and some monumental changes. Regardless, if those changes were positive or negative they did leave an impact on who I am and how I look at the world.
Viktor E. Frankl wrote in his novel Man’s Search for Meaning, “When one examines the vast amount of material which has been amassed as the result of many prisoners’ observations and experiences, three phases of the inmate’s mental reactions to camp life become apparent: the period following his admission; the period when he is well entrenched in camp routine; and the period following his release and liberation” …show more content…
In my own reflection, it is apparent that in ways my ‘camp life’ is my college lifestyle and ‘the period following his admission’ is the end of my first semester of college. While the experiences are drastically different I can relate to what Frankl wrote. I would not call my transition into college ‘smooth sailing’; however, I can say that my transition is a part of the admission phase. Almost all of the concepts we discussed in class, have had some form of meaning or significance to me. The discussion of privilege was one that certainly stuck with me. Moving into a new environment I of course noticed the new people and what they had and how they acted. It is one of those things that I constantly compare myself to. Other people’s class privilege should not be a concern to me; however, I compare what they possess to what I lack and normal am left feeling embarrassed or disappointed. After reading the autobiography Where We Stand: Class Matters, written by Bell Hooks, I understood my desire to compare my privilege to others. The author also wrote in her autobiography, “Students from nonprivileged backgrounds who did not want to forget often had nervous
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