The story, “Love in a Concentration Camp”, is a heartrending account by Victor Frankl about how he survived cruel treatment in Nazi concentration camps only by thinking about his wife. This kind of delusional love experienced by Frankl is somewhat different from the real, everyday love that couples share. Both of these situations have their benefits as well as their disadvantages. This essay will go further into discussion by depicting which scenario is better and more satisfying.
Frankl’s piece shows why “love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire” (348). This story makes anyone who has ever experienced love realize how much he/she would go through just for that person he/she cared about. Frankl did not know whether or not his wife was still alive, nor did this affect the strength of love that he had for
These days, there are probably quite a few people going through the same ordeal, except less harsh, that Frankl experienced. People today are worrying about their loved ones in the armed forces, not knowing whether or not they will be killed or taken as prisoners of war and not seen for awhile. Even so, just the mere thought of not having their loved one around is probably distressing enough to them. Even in a case where two people in love are just split up, it is hard for one not to function without the other if his/her spouse were a part of his/her everyday life. However, a direct relationship between the severity of the situation and the yearning for the loved one can be seen. The worse the scenario, the more an individual tends to think of his/her loved one.
Being with the person an individual loves is, more than likely, better and more satisfying to both indi
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