With his unique, meaningful and incomparable works Franz Kafka shows us how humans can be psychologically destroyed and harmed by people who are important part of every human's life. In his works he brings his own life to show a real struggle that he had in his life. Almost in all Kafka's works the author expresses the alienation of the 20th century man. The author's health problem was also an important biographical factor in his works. His fear of physical and mental collapse dramatized in stories such as "The Metamorphosis" and "A Country Doctor".
Born in Prague and being a German speaking Jew, Kafka grew up being socially rejected because he was a part of Prague's Jewish minority. Most of his works were about struggle between father and son, or individuals" pleading innocence in front of remote figures of authority (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kafka.htm). In his short stories "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgment" the author shows a disturbing relationship between father and son, which is thought to be carrying and loving for many, can sometimes become hateful. In Kafka's works the author avoids sentimentality and moral interpretation. In his short story "The Metamorphosis", Kafka presents a conventional, respectable protagonist whose life is suddenly changed by a physical disability which stays until the last minute of his life ( http:www.storybites.com/kafkametamorph.htm). The story opens with Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman, who wakes up turned into a gigantic insect. Soon everything changes. No one understands his insect speech, how he scurries under the furniture and eats rotten food there. He remains locked in his room by his family. His father throws apples on him because he scurries into the living room. One of the apples "penetrated Gregor's back" which becomes the reason of his death. One might think why the father figure is such harsh and cold and becomes abusive to their sons.
Franz Kafka was a German author who is known as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. ... Kafka was losing weight, and had difficulty eating. ... And it represents Kafka's life more than you know. ... This here represents Kafka's own life. ... In The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka reflects upon many negative aspects. ...
For example, Joseph K is the protagonist of the novel "The Trail," by Franz Kafka; where K unsuccessfully confronts arbitrary rules and a hopeless court system without knowing the crime with which he is guilt of. Kafka has a unique way of expressing in his writing. ... In Kafka's writing he reflexes the some of his struggles he had as an individual. ... One morning, while K was waiting on his breakfast a couple of officers named Willem and Franz, came to arrest him. ... Conclusion Franz Kafka is truly one of the strangest and most abstract literary artists that I have ever read. ...
Frank Kafka is Gregor Samsa Franz Kafka's works read like the biography of his life. ... Franz Kafka, always an outsider and growing up as a Jew in Prague did not make it any easier. ... (Franz Kafka and Prague) and Moreover, as an "assimilated" non-believer, Kafka remained an outsider even in the Jewish community. ... According to Franz Kafka, his father had psychologically abusive tendencies. ... (Kafka 87) In his letter to his father, Franz dealt with many issues referred to indirectly in The Metamorphosis. ...
Metamorphose In this text Franz Kafka presents how an ordinary salesman wakes up in one morning and realizes that he has been transformed into a big roach. With this Kafka wants to underline how a man's life can change radically in one night. ... Castle In this text Kafka presents the way people usually work how a man can work without knowing for whom he works. ... Trial In this text Kafka presents the way people react when they are put in impossible situations. ...
This in context of the entire book is the actual opening line of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. ... Franz Kafka's theme of isolation is very thick in this novel. ... Kafka's tone in this novel is decidedly calm. ... Irony is one in particular that Kafka uses to strike heavily. ... This ironic tale is told masterfully by Franz Kafka in a setting so normal and undisturbing that one is left helplessly disturbed. ...
Franz Kafka's short story "Before the Law" tells the story of a man who wants to have access to the law. ... Kafka uses this method to convey the ambiguity related to the theme of political, religious and philosophical law. ... But from room to room stand gatekeepers, each more powerful than the other" (Kafka, Metamorphosis and Other Stories, page 197). ... Kafka illustrates this by objectifying the Law while also mystifying its concept. ... By personifying the fleas when "he asks the fleas to help him persuade the gatekeeper", Kafka is relating the tale to his Je...
Franz Kafka's parable "Before the Law," in context of the chapter of which it is contained, relates the entire human quest for truth to the protagonist of "The Trial." ... (214) It seems evident now, that the priest, as everything Kafka has encountered, belongs to the state as well. Kafka's audience can easily identify K as a man in "imprisonment," either by the "Law" or by his own demeanor. ... According to Kafka's audience, the only thing K is found guilty of is not knowing the law.(9) Joseph renders that truth is no longer a concept that can be defended. ... Kafka'...
However, Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" places a different, stronger, and a deeper meaning to this word. ... Kafka's writing style in "A Hunger Artist" seems fairly easy. ... Kafka also incorporates the use of imagery in his short story A Hunger Artist. ... Kafka seems to suggest that the hunger artist's popularity, and, by extension, Christ's, is just a trend. ... Overall Franz Kafka was successful in illustrating the theme life, consciousness, and existence in his short story a hunger artist through his elaborate use of literary elements, and his wise word choice. ...
