...“In Kafka’s stories dehumanization is an inevitable side-effect of society” To what extent do you agree with this statement? It is very clear in the beginning of The Metamorphosis that the transformation of the main character into a large bug is used to symbolize that he is controlled by his job, and quite literally dehumanizes him. The author talks about his transformation early on in the book when he had just woken up in the morning. “He found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin”. It is unclear what this transformation symbolizes at first, but soon we begin to realize that he has worked like a "bug" for much of his life and his work dehumanizes him. It is arguable that that the author may be indicating that a bugs life is more desirable than a humans life. An animal’s life would stereotypically be to sleep, eat and reproduce, different from the stresses of a human’s life if work and stress. The author may view dehumanization in a positive light, as the book progresses and the main character become more content with the changes to him. “One could breathe more freely”. Dehumanization as a physical sense allows for more freedom and less restriction upon the character. The author may be implying that the main character turning into a giant bug has been stripped off his human qualities which are the result on over working. The dehumanization on the main character is evident in the first thoughts of his, “oh God, what an exhausting job I’ve picked on!” The...
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...Morrison fleshing out how slavery perpetually de-humanizes slaves by denying their free will. Franz Kafka uses the same language to describe how the institution of modernity de-humanizes its participants. Kafka explores how modern society only values the person monetarily. By comparing modernity to slavery, Kafka reveals how society depends on the willingness of its participants to be dehumanized. Morrison’s use of characters like Sethe and Paul D reveals how slavery ignores the humanity of a person, whereas Kafka uses Gregor to explore how...
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...Cydney Jenkins Mr. Oliver 5th Period Honors English Franz Kafka “I need solitude for my writing; not ‘like a hermit’- that wouldn’t be enough – but like a dead man” – F. Kafka Family life On July 3rd, 1883 Franz Kafka born into a middle class Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia. Hermann Kafka (1852-1931) and Julie Kafka (1856-1934) are the parents of Kafka and his five younger siblings. Kafka the eldest of the children had two younger brothers Georg who had died at fifteen months and Helnrich who had died at six months. Kafka was around six when both brothers had deceased. He also had three younger sisters Gabriele who went by Elli (1889-1941), Valerie who went by Valli (1890-1941) and Ottillie who went by Ottla (1892-1943). Each sister and their families were sent to Łódź Ghetto and died there or in concentration camps. Ottillie the youngest of the sisters was believed to have been sent to a concentration camp in Theresienstadt and then to a death camp in Auschwitz. Education During 1883 when Kafka was born in Prague, Bohemia was a part of the kingdom of the Austro- Hungarian Empire. Kafka’s first language was German, yet he was fluent in Czech and also knew some of the French language. Between 1889- 1893 Kafka attended Deutsche Knabenschule. Deutsche Knabenschule this was a Fleischmarkt, which is a German all boys school at the meat market. Kafka’s Jewish education was very limited to a Bar Mitzvah at the age of thirteen and going to the synagogue for...
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...Kafka comparison When comparing the country doctor with higher education, some major comparisons are when home or work life is going terribly there are still assignments to be done. Also, never jump to conclusions without seeing all the information. Another resemblance is the expectation to work miracles with the little or no time. Firstly, Kafka says that he does not want to leave rose but feels obligated to help someone in need, even though rose herself was in need. Life does not stop or pause for the next final, project, yet college will not proceed without. The delicate balance that is life will never be an easy one. Another parallel found was not to jump to conclusions until you know all the information. While Kafka’s first assessment...
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...KAFKA MARX COMBO _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kafka wrote about the contradictions and anxieties of his time but the central theme of his works, indisputably, is the theme of alienation. Alienation is a complex subject which is linked with its vast historicity from the Judeo-Christian beginnings. To understand alienation in Kafka’s works, it is essential to understand its foundation within a socio-economic context of the modern society. In this regard, Karl Marx and his theory of alienation can help steering our way. The human society, as Marx had stressed in the Grundrisse, “does not consist of individuals; it expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves”. Human beings therefore cannot exist independently of the society but are shaped by the society they live in. Human lives are dominated by natural and impersonal forces that control society to a great extent. While studying the nature and functioning of the capitalistic form of production Marx had discovered the uniqueness of human labor: “At the end of every labor-process, we get a result that already existed in the imagination of the laborer”. This physical and intellectual labor of man has resulted in the collective development of the productive forces and subsequently became capable of producing a surplus. By taking over control of the means of production, a particular minority class of people adroitly...
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...In the novel, The Metamorphosis, the author, Franz Kafka, reflects the alienation of his life into the story by using Gregor Samsa and other characters to show the struggles he had in his life. Kafka shows his opinions about work and jobs in society by making Gregor share his opinions on this topic. Another aspect of Gregor’s life that is similar to Kafka’s is their relationships with their families, and especially their fathers. The two character’s strangeness and their health are also issues that affects both of their lives. Kafka dislike work and jobs and he reflects that into Gregor Samsa in his novel. Samsa is a hardworking man who works every day for years without missing a single day. Gregor is a traveling salesman, so not many people...
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...It is very peculiar -to say the least- to open a book and the first line describing the main character waking up as a life sized insect. Most authors tends to use symbolism to relate to the theme of their books, but the author of “The Metamorphosis,” Franz Kafka uses a different method. He uses a method that utilize all aspects and elements of the story to be uses of interpretation. In the novella “The Metamorphosis”, it employs symbols, imagery, and settings to emphasize that a family with equally-shared responsibilities is more effective in maintaining a positive home- loving atmosphere. In the usage of symbols, Kafka illustrates that an imbalance in family responsibility results in hatred and resentment in the end. In Part I of the novella,...
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...certain way, or relieve stress. With regard to Franz Kafka, a playboy life style caused some of his personal life to be paralleled in his works. His fear of corruption in politics was enough inspiration to write numerous books and short stories. However, his overbearing father is the most apparent influence when he writes. Franz Kafka lived a warped life epitomized by his continual commitment of adultery, sensitivity to the corruption of modern political systems, and deep rooted abuse and rage of his father converge together in his novel, The Trial. Throughout The Trial, Kafka eludes to many instances where a character cheats on his or her significant other. The first instance occurs when K. arrives in the courtroom for his second hearing and he begins to talk to a woman who interrupted his initial hearing. The woman says, “The Court are woman chasers… even my husband has to get used to it” (Kafka 35). Kafka was a notorious adulterer, and had several short and long-term...
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...Kafka’s World W. Clement Stone said, “You are a product of your environment.” This theory can be used to understand the meaning behind Franz Kafka’s nonsensical writings. The politics, literature, and science present during Franz Kafka’s lifetime reflects in his stories’ characters. Kafka grew up in a challenging time period at the end of the nineteenth century, in the middle of Prague. At that moment in history, Prague was a part of the Austrian-Hungary Empire before World War I. “Kafka was born into a middle-class, German-speaking Jewish family (Nervi).” The empire was a mix of ethnicities and languages which led to a confused country. For families like Kafka’s, “they faced many special restrictions: they were not free to choose...
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...“. . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what their concerns are, what their obsessions are, and what interests them.” (Kim Addonizio). Franz Kafka was neglected by his family and rejected from society, which in turn influenced many of his works; this may be expressed through the themes and symbols of his short stories. These stories are brought by his political beliefs, his social standing, and his family relationships. Although, not one of Kafka’s renowned works, “A Report for an Academy” is a work that pertains to his life in more ways than one. The story is about an ape’s report, Rotpeter, on how he became human. By the end of the story it is clear that Rotpeter is no...
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...Through much of Franz Kafka’s writing, the reader can see how his personal experiences and viewpoints are clearly worked into his many stories. One of which stands out is his story A Hunger Artist. In this story Kafka speaks through the hunger artist of the alienation and isolation he feels in his own body, as well as the emptiness he feels as a result of the disconnected relationship he and his father share. Ironically this emptiness manifests itself quite literally at the end of Kafka’s life, when he dies as a result of tuberculosis of the larynx, which causes him to literally starve to death, just as the hunger artist in the story. It was said about his writing “the early manifestations of authentic originality were nurtured in solitary confinement, with his readiness to see the world through his own eyes.” (Pawel 160) This comes across clearly in A Hunger Artist as someone who is in a self-imposed solitary confinement seeking meaning to his life, much like the hunger artist being locked in his cage. Thus, Kafka uses A Hunger Artist to speak of himself and his experiences. A Hunger Artist is a short story about a once popular spectacle staged for the entertainment of a pleasure-seeking public: the exhibition of a professional “hunger-artist” performing in a cage of straw, his stunt of fasting. The hunger artist spends his fasting performances, and therefore most of his life, in a cage, on display before a crowd of people. His spectators see him as a trickster and common...
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...The Metamorphosis In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka the main character Gregor Samsa wakes up on a regular day ready to start his daily routine of getting up and going to work so he can support his family. However, on this particular morning when he wakes up and lifts his head he comes to find that he has been transformed into a giant beetle like insect. He notices that the room is normal and everything is the way he left it but the weather is somewhat depressing so he decides to try and go back to sleep and try to forget about it all as if it would go back to normal. When he tries to though he realizes the way he is used to sleeping is impossible in his new state. This isn’t the biggest of his problems however, he now realizes he cannot be seen by anyone because he doesn’t know how they will react but he knows somehow he needs to get to work. He decides to just stay in and hope it goes away but he is never sick so his family and manager begin to suspect something more is going on. Finally he gets the strength to get up as his family and manager are persisting he unlocks his door but realizes maneuvering is a lot more difficult as this bug like thing he now is. Eventually he gets to the door and uses his teeth to unlock it and when his father opens the door and he reveals himself he is suddenly a disgrace to his family. All of them leave his locked in his room and don’t know what to do with him other than his sister, Grete, who occasionally brings him...
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...QUESTION 1: PROBLEM SOLVING For six years I have worked in the Dental field. Such time yielded experience enough to position me as “Back Office Supervisor” at the last Dental Office I worked for. During my tenure as Supervisor, besides of being in charge of Ordering Supplies and to Coordinate Dental Assistants’ duties, I developed a good working relationship and communication skills with fellow employees, as well as I was keen enough to develop a great professional relationship with each and every one of my patients, something I have noticed Management had struggled to achieve with other Dental Assistants. As such, my job was related to duties performed as Dental Assistant, initially; and secondly, in the Front Office, Confirming Appointments with patients, gather Insurance Information, check for Dental benefits, Create Patients Charts in the system, Coordinate the Delivery and Receipt of dental cases from different laboratories, etc. Unfortunately, almost from the start, as my skills and professionalism took root in a rather malicious office work environment, I noticed a very unwelcome attitude from one very “influential” employee who worked at the Front Office. It was as if my Hispanic background alone had been the cause of an all outrage of discriminatory behavior by this person. Though I did not care much about it, in the beginning; after three months that “plain” condescending attitude of his had turned to vociferous comments of intolerance directed to my Hispanic...
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...FRANZO KAFKOS ROMANAS PROCESAS Francas Kafka (1883 m. liepos 3 d. – 1924 m. birželio 3 d.). Procesas 1925 išleistas,bet nebaigtas(8skyrius)? Procesas - 1. įvykio ar reiškinio eiga, vyksmas 2. teis. bylos svarstymo teisme eiga, teismo byla Ekspresionizmas (pranc. expressionisme, iš expression 'išreiškimas, išraiškingumas, išraiška') – XX a. pirmųjų 3 dešimtmečių avangardistinė Vakarų Europos dailės, literatūros, muzikos, architektūros ir teatro srovė, kuriai būdinga atviras, pabrėžtas autoriaus pasaulėjautos, emocijų, vizijų reiškimas, anarchistinės, pacifistinės ir antimiesčioniškos idėjos, apibendrinti, hiperbolizuoti, dažnai groteskiški vaizdai. Siurrealizmas (pr. sur – virš, réalisme – tikrovės, realybės) – XX a. III–V dešimt. kultūrinis, intelektinis, artistinis, meninis judėjimas. Kilo iš dadaizmo, kuris klestėjo Pirmojo pasaulinio karo metais. Dadaistai pirmieji atkreipė dėmesį į žmogaus pasąmonę kaip įkvėpimo šaltinį. Siurrealizmas prasidėjo su Andrė Bretono siurrealizmo manifesto paskelbimu 1924 m. 1. Jozefo K. kaltė. Per savo 30 gimtadienį atsibudęs ryte bankininkas Jozefas K. yra aplankomas dviejų vyrų, sargybinių (Vilemas ir Francas) ir suimamas. Manoma, kad Jozefas yra apšmeižtas, nes nėra padaręs nieko blogo. Lygiai po metų, per jo 31 gimtadienį , Jozefas vėl yra aplankomas dviejų vyrų, šie nusiveža Jozefą už miesto į akmenų skaldyklą ir čia jį nužudo. Romanas apima metų ciklą, kai buvo nagrinėjama Jozefo K. byla, Jozefo kova su nematomu teismu ir...
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...La métamorphose de Franz Kafka La Métamorphose est une nouvelle écrite par Kafka en 1912, alors que l'auteur était un simple fonctionnaire de Prague âgé de 29 ans. Ce récit est probablement le plus connu de Kafka, est également le plus énigmatique car nous devons nous forger un avis individuel, en effet, personne n'a le même ressenti face à cette œuvre. L'auteur nous fait la narration de la nouvelle vie de Gregor Samsa, simple représentant de commerce qui s'est éveillé un beau matin "transformé en une véritable vermine". Samsa est devenu un insecte humain, plus précisément un cancrelat. Il est la seule source de revenus ou presque de sa famille (ses deux parents et sa sœur), il va devoir faire face aux difficultés que crée sa nouvelle situation, dont bien entendu l'impossibilité de toute vie sociale et familiale. Car, la famille de Gregor elle-même supporte difficilement cette situation. Gregor est laissé seul, confiné dans sa chambre, et c'est sa sœur qui vient le nourrir, toujours quand lui est caché sous son lit afin de ne pas être vu. La sœur agit par curiosité autant que par pitié. Les parents quant à eux sont dégoûtés de leur (ex)fils. Pas de pitié. Pas de compassion. D'ailleurs Gregor n'en demande pas. Il se contente de vivoter sa vie d'insecte dans sa chambre. D'abord, il est tout rongé par sa nouvelle situation. Il éprouve de la culpabilité de ne plus pouvoir aller travailler, de ne plus pouvoir assurer la vie de sa famille, et même de devenir un fardeau pour eux...
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