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Discuss? Pretty good novella IMO, definitely 99% about Kafka's daddy issues and anti-capitalism

>> No.3136209

I saw it more as being about self-worth, in relation to other people. He was still the same guy he always was, but when he lost the ability to provide for his family, they began to see him as nothing.

>> No.3136210

>>3136203
Getting this soon, first real delve into literature, from more theoretical reading. Really looking forward to it. I've heard so many good things from /lit/ that there is really very little chance it won't be great. THanks guys

>> No.3136233

>>3136209
definitely true. I think that there was definitely sexual frustration towards the mother and sister (Oedipus complex or just general incestuous attraction), and the fact that it was written at a time when Marxist theory was becoming popular made it rooted in anti-capitalism for me. The whole "i don't wanna go to work" and being tired to the point of death from "needing" to go to work.

>> No.3136235

>>3136210
definitely read it, it's great. The ending wasn't for me but ehh, still a great read

>> No.3136250

>>3136235
Well, I will get back to you on that one in a few days, shouldn't take too long to read.

>> No.3136296

As Gregor died everything started to look up, almost a reverse It's a Wonderful Life.

>> No.3136301

99% empty symbolism

kafka is like ambient music, drone

>> No.3136316
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3136316

So, OP. Is Joseph K an innocent man wrongly convicted, or is he a man so terrible that he's unaware of the terrible crimes he's committed?

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>>3136301
Kafka is what nightmares are made of.

>> No.3136321

>>3136316
metamorphosis is about gregor samsa, noel

>> No.3136323

>>3136317
Very bleak, passive nightmares.

>> No.3136331

>>3136301
I'd say 100, but he'll never tell you and have you keep on searching.

>> No.3136333

>>3136301
>tfw you like ambient.

>> No.3136335
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3136335

>>3136321
Wow, I totally thought that was the cover of The Trial. What the fuck?

>> No.3136372

>>3136316
Josef
Josef
K.

I think the trial is his life, he just didn't notice it until the end.
At the start he didn't care much for anything, as it goes on he started to become frantic about the trial and lost control of everything else, then he blamed it all on the lawyer as he was the reason that he started to pay attention to it, when all the lawyer(imperfect as he was) tried to do was help.

The climax was on the cathedral, the entire trial is summed up as "... the court doesn't want anything from you. It accepts you when you come and lets you go when you leave."

And about the whole skirt-chasing thing, he saw love/lust as an easy way out of the trial - he thought that if he satisfies his desires his life will be fulfilled.

The ending was a result of his own shortcomings, being apathetic and self-righteous at the beginning and panicking once he realized what was actually happening.

>> No.3136735

>>3136335
Metamorphosis, baby. Your head fucking with your head. P-potato head.