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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl My rating: 5 of 5 stars Review of the book Man's Search for Meaning. Rating: 5/5 Author: Victor Frankl Genre: NonFiction/Personal Narrative/History/Holocaust { A profound journey from death camp to existentialism } Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for a Meaning" is excellent work on "Why your Existence matter". He was a survivor of the Holocaust. If you don't know about the Holocaust, it was the mass slaughter of Jewish people under the Nazi German regime. So because Sir Victor was also a Jewish person, he was also one of the Holocaust members. So this book talks about why the "Meaning of life" is important. When Sir Victor and many Jewish people were put in the concentration camp, no one knew what would happen. Will they die or survive? They didn't realise that most would never see the world again. They didn't know that most of them would die in gas c...

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran My rating: 5 of 5 stars Review of the book “The Prophet” Genre: Fiction/ Philosophy The Prophet is written by Khalil Gibran in 1923 and is considered one of the masterpieces of Sir Khalil’s literature. This book takes you on a profound journey about the central character ALMUSTAFA, the Prophet that starts as, Note: The following paragraph might contain spoilers! The Prophet’s farewell has come and prepares to leave his beloved city, Orphalese. As he waits for his ship to arrive, he engages with township people and tells them that His time has come to an end and that He must leave. Among those people, a woman came out who told Him to give your teachings in brief about every aspect of life so people of the township will use it to spend their life purposefully…… This book contains beautiful prose poetry on ‘Love’, ‘Joy and Sorrow’, ‘Work’ and ‘Death’ and many more. It is written in a simple language yet contains a very deep...