Analysis Of Franz Kafka 's Life

Over time, psychoanalysis has been revised and developed in different directions. There are many basic tenets of psychoanalysis, and it has received criticism from a wide variety of sources. Nonetheless, it remains a strong influence within the realm of psychiatry, and more so in some quarters than others. Simply put, Freud explores the unconscious mind. And although Kafka may not have meant for it to come across this way in his writing, his characters and the events that take place truly do reflect him. Knowing Franz Kafka’s life is a key to understand his writings for the events of his life are the clear origin of the neurotic tensions of his works. Thesis: Through the use of Freudian Psychoanalysis, Franz Kafka’s life as well as Kafka’s work, The Trial, is further unearthed using the three psychic zones of id, ego and superego as well as the themes of alienation, guilt, frustration and helplessness.

Everyone has people they depend on. People that he or she knows will always be there when they’re needed. But what happens when those people just don’t show up or just all of a sudden stop caring? The feeling of loneliness can break down a person’s character and reduce him to a shell, or in this case and exoskeleton, of who he once was. We can see this in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. When Gregor Samsa finds himself transformed into a giant beetle-like creature, what he needs more than anything is the love and support of his family, but he disgusts them. They shut him up in his room so that no one can see him. They are ashamed of him, and quickly forget that he was part of their own flesh and blood. All that they can see is the monster that appears on the on the outside. Gregor’s sister and parents betray his love for them and leave him feeling lonely in the most terrifying and desperate time of his life.

In the metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, there are significant actions and transformations which make the story sad, and strange with a happy ending. Explanations that are dramatic events that intensify the excitement of all these actions. Reality and reflection play an important role in this story because the events that happened could be applied and assimilated with modern society.

In his novel The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka describes his own life through the life of his protagonist Gregor Samsa.  Careful study of Franz Kafka's life shows that Kafka's family, workplace, and reaction to the adversity in his family and workplace are just like those of Gregor.  So we might ask why Gregor was transformed into a bug since Kafka obviously never turned into a bug.  The absurd image illustrates how Gregor lacks self-respect and feels like he's a bug in the eyes of his family and society.  Franz Kafka was unhappy and never found his place in life, either.  Therefore, he might have felt just like Gregor, like a bug.  Furthermore the novel describes Kafka's expectations of his own future and he was partially

Everyone could be an outsider. People could misjudge a person, and unintentionally make him become an outcast. There have been many literary works throughout the time about outsiders, and one of the most popular works is Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”. The main character of the story, Gregor, was an outside because he was misjudged by everyone around him, included his family. For example, “With his left hand, his father picked up a large newspaper from the table and, stamping his feet on the floor, he set out to drive Gregor back into his room by waving the cane and the newspaper” (149). This proves Gregor was an outsider because after having a new outer appearance, everyone was terrified of him and avoided him, although essentially, he

In The Trial by Franz Kafka, the protagonist K. is going through what is often thought of as one of the most dehumanizing aspects of society. Even in the United States many criticize the justice system for being dehumanizing. People are forced to wear the same thing, act the same way, and are given numbers instead of names. In The Trial Kafka emphasizes the dehumanizing aspects of this process by exacerbating the bureaucratic steps that must be accomplished and adds more uncertainty and secrecy to the steps. Kafka’s writing shows the lack of information that K. is given, and the symbolic dehumanization that occurs during the whipping and with K. lacking a last name.

Franz Kafka was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1883 to a middle class Jewish family (Biography). Much of his writing was influenced by his relationship with his father and probably by being a Jew in Germany and Austria until his death in 1924. One of these writings is “The Metamorphosis”. People felt confined in the roles of society, in family life, and have difficulty in handling the pressures with the stress of everyday life.

As readers, we are unsure of what Kafka's intentions were while writing the story "Metamorphosis". We see a lot of allegories that can be connected to Christianity. Through reading this story we can see different allegories such as Gregor being the only son of the family, groups of three and lastly the apple that struck Gregor in the back. Throughout this essay, I will talk about why I believe these can be connected to the Christian Bible and the importance of the allegories.

Kafka was critical in bringing the new outlook on modern culture and particularly on modern man. Franz Kafka studied the modern man in the face of contemporary culture, and how he was steadfast in retaining his spirituality and identity, and gravitate towards authenticity and happiness. However, Kafka saw how the dehumanizing forces of industrialization and capitalism in the post- the WWI Europe posed a challenge to the modern man. Modern culture can be viewed tolerating and open to all. To Franz Kafka, modern culture coupled with technology is fast changing, and man has to maintain his self-consciousness in order not lose his spirituality and identity amidst these changes (Wintle pp. 708-710). Hence, as modern culture changes with the changing technology, religions are poised to change too, which presents fears to a man about losing his spirituality and identity upon embracing the modern culture. Interestingly, Kafka was mystical in his writings, with a keen interest in themes such as metamorphosis, existential and identity. If we look at “The Metamorphosis,” we can view the idea of how the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and industrialism are indicated within the writings. Kafka contends we become dehumanized with buying power and working too much. The transformation of Gregor seems to indicate a denial of responsibility to the changing forms of society’s conventions and values.

Being consistently troubled with anxiety, stress, and depression, Franz Kafka has become one of the most known jewish writers to be alive. Within his writings, he seems to express his own feelings hidden beneath his mask through the characters he has created. In these short stories, a reader senses the emotions of sadness, nervousness, and other non-content emotions being expressed through characters or certain situations. A major complication approaching readers in Kafka’s short stories is to understand every interpretation within the lines of certain choices of words. For example, the interpretation of his everyday life and the struggles within it show the reflections of his childhood, and/or relationships that he has had within the years. Through his short stories, Franz Kafka expresses his unfortunate life of mistreatment and depression through words that readers and interpret and comprehend.

Franz Kafka is a twentieth century author who's most of his work would not be published if it were not for his acquaintance who refused to get rid of all of Kafka's work upon his request. Kafka's first pieces of literature were published in 1908. These were 8 stories were published in periodicals. He would write letters, as well as short stories and novels. Amongst his novels he wrote Amerika written in 1912, The Trial written in 1914, The Castle written in 1922. Kafka's writing is very symbolic and as well as very original although there might be tension at times. The Novel, The Metamorphosis was published in 1915. This story

Gregor’s mind is actually in touch a lot with his humanity than other characters might think in the book. On page 45, Kafka presents Gregor enjoying the violin playing by his sister. “Was he an animal if music stirred him that way?” Kafka writes (pg. 45). He liked the sound of music just like the rest of us like hearing music. Gregor has the same mindset of a human even after turning into a bug. Humanity in his mind is still whole. Kafka writes, “Gregor wanted to help too… he, too, ran into the adjoining room, as if he could give his sister some advice as in the past…” (pg. 36). He wanted to give his sister advice and help her out as he used to before he was a bug. His mind was identical to a human’s. Kafka’s message takes place in here when

In the opening lines of German author Franz Kafkas’ short story narrative “The Metamorphosis”, the protagonist Gregor Samsa a disgruntled traveling salesman who lives with and supports his parents and little sister, awakens from a night of unpleasant dreams to find that he has been metamorphosed into a cockroach he calls a “monstrous vermin” (Kafka, page 89). This particularly strange opening sets the stage for in my opinion, a very strange and very vague play. I say this because throughout the whole story we never find out much less are given any clue of how or why he managed to be metamorphosed into this insect. Not to mention what the moral of the story is or the fact that this whole book reads like one big

Before he began attending the theater, Kafka’s parents were one of his biggest influences. Kafka’s life was very short, so family was a pivotal influence in his writing because they were an integral part of his youth, which was a majority of his life. Starting from his childhood, Kafka did not have a strong relationship with his father. The two disagreed about everything, especially religion: “Kafka

In his parable Before the Law, Franz Kafka suggests that obstacles that one faces in life can either be used to mold one’s success or bring about one’s failure. If one can overcome challenges that they face they grow in a unique type of way, for every individual perceives each situation in a distinct fashion. That unique type of growth is what establishes a person’s character and perception of the world. However if one cannot overcome their obstacles, then they cut of their means for growth and are left uninspired, forgetting any dreams or aspirations. It is through the man’s interaction with the doorkeeper, and his inability to overcome this obstacle, that eventually leads him down the path of complacency and failure.