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What parts of "Parable of the Law" by Franz Kafka and "This is Water" by David Foster Wallace show existentialism the most?

>> No.2319445

the page numbers

think about it;

>> No.2319446

Do your own homework.

>> No.2319465

>>2319446
i seriously dont understand this though. like ive read the sartre essay, and i found the existentialist part in the Stranger where Mersault accepts his fate. but i absolutely need assistance on this one

ive tried as much as i could.

>> No.2319469

>>2319465

you can do it /lit/ believes in you

>> No.2319472

>>2319469
idk dude, im just not getting it. can someone please help?

>> No.2319474

i believe you can fuck off

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2319478

The suffering?

>> No.2319519

okay, at least tell me if im right. is it that the man suffers his "Night of Gethsemane" when he realizes that he will never be able to enter the door? how does that relate to existentialist philosophy though?

>> No.2319521

For DFW how about THE FUCKING FISH JOKE.

>> No.2319601

so when the doorkeeper says that the gate was meant only for you, what does that mean?