Interesting. I have not seen the film, so will need to check it out. I think an active role in life is always the best, although it is all too easy to slip into passivity. Let life happen to you.
The loss of a sense of autonomy is a kind of death, so the strength of Ivan and the real people he was probably based upon is impressive. A li…
Interesting. I have not seen the film, so will need to check it out. I think an active role in life is always the best, although it is all too easy to slip into passivity. Let life happen to you.
The loss of a sense of autonomy is a kind of death, so the strength of Ivan and the real people he was probably based upon is impressive. A life saver in such an environment. It is tempting to wonder how any of us would fare in a gulag ourselves. We all like to think we'd be the tough ones. But the deep sense of despair would be difficult to survive.
I’ve often considered exactly how well I might do in such a situation. I strongly suspect that there’s a large gap between how I’d like to think of myself responding and how it would actually go.
Interesting. I have not seen the film, so will need to check it out. I think an active role in life is always the best, although it is all too easy to slip into passivity. Let life happen to you.
The loss of a sense of autonomy is a kind of death, so the strength of Ivan and the real people he was probably based upon is impressive. A life saver in such an environment. It is tempting to wonder how any of us would fare in a gulag ourselves. We all like to think we'd be the tough ones. But the deep sense of despair would be difficult to survive.
I’ve often considered exactly how well I might do in such a situation. I strongly suspect that there’s a large gap between how I’d like to think of myself responding and how it would actually go.
If you read Viktor Frankl he tells you it is about hope. You need something to live for.