Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning focuses on Frankl, his experiences in concentration camps, and how he found meaning. It talks about how he found meaning talking despite his harsh and terrible times at concentration camps. Frankl claims that, "while a man’s destiny in life is certainly affected by the circumstances in which he finds himself, he is ultimately free to choose his own path in life. Even in the worst situation possible, man always has the freedom to choose his attitude towards life."
He clams the three ways to find meaning in life is to either suffer, work, or find true love. The second section of the book “Logotherapy in a Nutshell,” talks about his ideas about logotherapy, a type of therapy which he developed later in his life.
It then further explains that if a man has no meaning, he will develop metal problems that may ultimately lead to suicide if not treated. At the end of the book, he explains that while all men can do evil no men must do evil and that everyone deserves a second chance. He said "man is that being who invented the gas chambers at Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips".
The entire book focuses on life and how he made his life better even though he had some terrible experiences.
