Essay One: Man’s Search for Meaning
In the context of Frankl’s book, write a 5-page essay explaining where you rank on the Meaning Scale, analyzing your strengths and weaknesses that determine your ranking. For example, are you worthy of your suffering in the way Frankl explains? Do you have a higher purpose or do you live a provisional existence? If you need a measurement for the Meaning Scale, you can use a ranking system between 0-10 or 0-100. Your essay must incorporate several principles from Frankl’s book and use concrete personal examples.
Your Works Cited Page should have 3 sources, the Frankl’s book, my blog, and another source of your choice (film, book, TV show, etc.)
Your outline might look like this:
In one page summarize the book’s major points.
Then write a thesis paragraph such as “My Meaning Scale is X evidenced by __________________, ____________________, _____________________, _______________________, and ____________________________.
Your body paragraphs will correspond to the above mapping components. Your conclusion will be a restatement of your thesis in shorter, more powerful form.
Essay Two: The Death of Ivan Ilych
In a 5-page research paper, analyze the life of Ivan Ilych in the context of Man’s Search for Meaning.
Your Works Cited page should have no fewer than 4 sources, Tolstoy’s story, Frankl’s book, my blog, and another source of your choice.
Essay Three Options (from The Story and Its Writer):
A. In a 5-page essay, compare the tribe’s influence on nihilism, the misguided desire for a provisional existence, and the soul’s forfeiture of meaning in “The Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” Your Works Cited page should refer to the two stories, Frankl’s book, my blog, and one other source for a total of 5 sources.
B. In a 5-page essay, develop a thesis that analyzes the narrator’s struggle to find meaning in the story “Bartleby the Scrivener.” For your Works Cited page, use no fewer than 4 sources, the story, Frankl’s book, my blog, and another source.
C. In a 5-page essay, compare the demonic persona of nihilism and fatalism in the characters The Misfit from “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” For your Works Cited page, refer to the two stories, Frankl’s book, and my blog for 4 sources minimum.
Essay 4 Options (Also from The Story and Its Writer)
A. In a 5-page essay, compare the distorted time warp and its danger to the human soul in “The Swimmer” and “Babylon Revisited.” For your Works Cited page, refer to the two stories, Frankl’s book, and my blog for a minimum of 4 sources.
B. In a 5-page essay, argue in the context of Man’s Search for Meaning that Hulga from "Good Country People" and The Misfit from "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" are soulmates in nihilism, experiencing the existential vacuum. Your Works Cited page should refer to the stories, Frankl’s book, my blog, and another source of your choice for 4 minimum sources.
C. In a 5-page essay, analyze the problems of meaning “The Overcoat” and “The Lady with the Pet Dog” present us in the context of Man’s Search for Meaning. For your Works Cited page, refer to the 2 stories, Frankl’s book, my blog, for a total of 5 sources minimum.
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