Comparing The Blind Side And The Man's Search For Meaning

When Blindsided by Change Victor Frankl wrote The Man’s Search for Meaning, his story of the many hardships he went through in the concentration camps. When change happened Viktor Frankl understood what was necessary: “Even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by so doing change himself”(Frankl, 147). Viktor could not change the fact that he was starving, being treated less than an animal, and being mentally torn apart by the german soldiers but in all of that he reminded himself of the one thing that helped him through it all, his wife. He made the decision of knowing he was locked in a place that there was no where out he would change his views and his mindset. He had to change himself. The movie The Blind Side shows
Family played a major role in both stories, they were a part of the change that brought meaning. The love that Viktor Frankl had for his wife helped in the concentration camps. Other prisoners that were with him helped with another factor of family. They helped each other get through a place where there was no place out. They gave him more reasons to keep living through the pain. Then Understanding his purpose in life to help others find ways through difficult situations. Michael Oher had no family and then had more the what he believed was enough. A family that brought a love unimaginable with the life he had before, Michael found a meaning and a passion. Viktor Frankl and Michael Oher where in positions where their situation was brought to them and was unchangeable. Both brought into different worlds they weren't ready for. When in a circumstance in which is not changeable one must overcome the pain and fear and change their own self. When blindsided by change, with the help of family and love, a person's place in the world can be