The Biblical Character Job And The Man By Victor Frankl

Job and Victor Frankl are both men who have gone through a difficult journey of despair but still remained hopeful though that struggling time. Since Job and Victor Frankl are both men who have been through some difficult situations, there are many ways in which they are similar, outside of both living lives with despair. Since Victor Frankl and Job can be compared to one another, they can also be contrasted. Although, Job and Victor Frankl have both gone through despair, they, like any person, have different life experiences and responses to that despair. Pertaining to their hope and despair, Job and Frankl, fall in line with ideas expressed by Martin Luther King and Harold Kushner in their writings. The Biblical character Job and the†¦show more content†¦Through this struggle and time of despair, Job and Frankl used the same type of motivator for finding their hope, they both utilized their love. Job used his love of God, while with Victor Frankl used the love he had for h is wife. Love was the main reason they found hope even in the worst possible time. As Victor Frankl says, love makes potentialities come true (Frankl, p. 112). This potentiality of love is used by both Job and Frankl to survive the despair they underwent. As Job put it, he â€Å"accepted good fortune from God† so surely he â€Å"can accept bad fortune too.† (Mitchell, p. 8). Victor Frankl and Job used their love to confront their disparities instead of obsessing over the bad things happening in their lives. Another similarity between Victor Frankl and Job is the multitude of experiences they went through that caused their despair. They both went through not one thing, but many things that caused them to be in unfavorable situations. Frankl dealt with many things spanning over his time at the concentration camp. Job went through many tribulations from God. God put Job through death, sickness, depletion and despair. Similarly, Victor Frankl witnessed death, sickness and depletion as well as being sick and depleted himself. They both experienced many things to cause their despair, not just one large event to make them struggle. As Harold Kushner says, â€Å"human beings are caught up in the perpetual