Man's Search for Meaning Writer's Notebook #1 - Read the following prompt and answer completely with 150-200 words.

Frankl cites the stripping away of all worldly possessions, including one's name, as an important part of the process by which prisoners were dehumanized. How does Frankl convey the emotional impact of dehumanization? What experiences in your life today diminish your sense of
your own humanity? Can too many possessions create the same effect? Why?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?