There are seven billion people shoved into one world who experience an infinite amount of situations in one lifetime.
General Statement regarding topic (name of author & title of text)
Human’s hold the ultimate power and purpose in our world's existence.
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The human condition is a broad concept that can be interpreted in various ways, however there are three components that are essential to a person’s life.
THESIS STATEMENT
As humans, we naturally undergo conflict in which we can use as an opportunity to better ourselves which leads to our desire to aspire in order to grow into the best versions of ourselves.
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Long writes to Frankl: “I view my life as being abundant with meaning and purpose. The attitude that I adopted on that fateful day has become my personal credo for life: I broke my neck, it didn’t break me.”
3. Connection/Transition to next commentary
Aspiring to accept leads to the aspiration to overcome.
C. Support reason #2
Without the aspiration to overcome, humans would constantly find themselves drowning in their sufferings or, in the worst case, would let their sufferings overcome their life.
1. Commentary
Those who lose sight of the ambition to overcome find themselves in a dark place.
2. Concrete evidence/Textual support
Frankl describes how those who become consumed by the “existential vacuum” find themselves in a state of depression, as they feel they have lost their sense to overcome their situations and bring meaning to their lives.
3. Concluding Sentence
Gaining the ability to aspire to better your personal self leads to the desire to grow.
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Introduce and support your most important/powerful supportive idea with two pieces of evidence.
Topic Sentence (Something reader doesn’t already know)
The last of the three components that define the human condition is