Marxism And Capitalism In Franz Kafka's The Trial

A main factor in the storyline is the way the writer portrays society's attitude to poverty in the 18th century. The poor people were treated tremendously different to higher classed people. A lot of people were even living on the streets. For example, "He picked his way through the hordes of homeless

One of the honors for ‘greatest theories’ in contemporary civilization has to be awarded to Marxism. Invented in late 19th century by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Marxism has had great influences on the development of modern society. Despite its eventual failure, Marxism once led to numerous revolutions that working classes raised against the ruling parties in different countries. Consequently, it paved the way for the erection of the Berlin Wall, the formation of the Warsaw Treaties—communist camp confronting NATO, and the establishment of a world super power, the Soviet Union at the dawn of this century. Even decades later, after all those Marxist milestones

An enigmatic storyteller, Franz Kafka's legacy has long remained the subject of many writings on existential literature. His stories explore themes which are so depressing, and at times seem so futile, as to put off many a reader while entrancing yet another. The most popular of his works, The Trial is no less perplexing than its brethren, and a perfunctory examination leaves the reader distinctly unsatisfied. After all, what is the point of reading a two hundred odd page book about a man on trial if you never find out what he did, or if he's even guilty? It's tempting to suggest that, being an existential piece of literature, the point is that there is no point. However, Kafka's work is so multi-faceted as to provide many other possible

The novel The Trial identifies a citizen with no constitutional rights. The government of his country was weak and oppressive. Joseph K the protagonist in the novel struggled with depression, loneliness, frustration and anxiety after his arrest and trying to deal with the coming interrogations, court sessions and a lengthy trial. Citizens in the United States of America with a democratic government, constitutional rights are guaranteed under the United States Constitution, which is the Supreme Law of The Land. “US Constitution”.

A main factor in the storyline is the way the writer portrays society's attitude to poverty in the 18th century. The poor people were treated tremendously different to higher classed people. A lot of people were even living on the streets. For example, "He picked his way through the hordes of homeless

Accordingly, the physical inscribing of law onto the Condemned man’s back is reminiscent to how prison systems attempt to reinscribe proper social values into prisoners. Prisons aim to mentally and psychologically “repair” the minds of the prisoners, although not as physical as a tattoo, it still focuses on the mentality of purifying the subject. This focus on moral improvement, then, reveals the truth behind both Kafka’s dystopic colony and contemporary modes of justice: to systematically punish deviants to work in accordance with dominant structures. Thus, the violent focus on the body and the mind demonstrates how systems of justice operate on violence in an attempt to regulate and reform the structures of

The language used in the novel is very powerful that let's the reader know the intensity of the plot. Power is formed by the ability of leaders of the society to take away the people's freedom of speech. The power of the leader is so extreme

The narration of the essay “A Hanging” by George Orwell demonstrates the theme of inhumane actions towards a community. Firstly, the narrator switches from using “we” to “I” generalizing the stories point of view. Secondly, the narration reflects the thoughts of everyone, but shows how the people’s actions do not reflect their thoughts. Lastly, the author illustrates an understanding of the insanity of the hanging, whereas the narrator only briefly comes to the realization of its’ absurdity.

Everyday, we live our lives with our daily routines already set. We do these things because we are content with the routines we have grown accustomed to. However, if we are forced to go through a set of rules that we do not believe in, we will feel dejected, depressed, and even oppressed. Claim When we must complete tasks that goes against our beliefs, happiness will slip away from us. The lack of contentment in our lifestyles stems from us being oppressed, and torn away from our daily routines.

There is not a single person on this Earth that has been able to avoid the rule of a higher power of some sort. People have to adhere to their parents, family, teachers, bosses, and the government, and they are unable to break from away from these sources of control easily without consequences. These rulers are here to bring order, but just as power can be used for good, it can be exploited in ways that are not just. Parents and family members can be abusive, teachers can be unreasonable, bosses can be tyrannical, and the government can be unjust. It can be especially hard on the victims when outside sources do not help those in need when they are able. Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony” supports the overall theme that people can experience

Death of a Salesman and Metamorphosis are prime examples of two pieces of literature that can be used as a voice for the oppressed. This is evident in how Miller and Kafka both express their observations of their own population’s oppression, either literally or conceptually. This is shown through their political philosophy visible in their writing, their experiences with extreme levels of capitalism, and their reluctance to follow an institution. These two works show how an author’s personal context can be directly correlated to the struggles in which the characters face as well.

“Do they ever think, or do they only shuffle pointlessly over the earth?” (Kafka 444). Do they know that their submission is emboldening the oppressor to keep up their reign? Why do we so easily give up? Why have we not found the power to embolden ourselves? Why does a book whose stories were written in the early twentieth century still resonate so deeply?

Thesis: The Capitalist observes the resistance of workers against the unfair lengths of the work day. He comments on the neglectful legislation supposedly providing workers with freedom. Marx outlines the roles of many groups during the time period of The Factory Act including men; children; women; lawmakers; and capitalists. Despite being a capitalist, Marx tends to side with those of the labourers in this section. He finds the controversial idea of the ‘working day’ tedious as he goes through the stages of the Factory act in the 1800’s.

When a society determines that a group of people is detrimental or dangerous, this designation often comes from an underlying fear concerning that group of people. Social structures respond to this fear by isolating, controlling, or destroying the group of people in question. Franz Kafka juxtaposes Gregor’s abnormal body with a conventional human environment to symbolize how society’s perceptions of an outcast changes over time.

Franz Kafka was born on the third of July, 1883, as the oldest child of Hermann Kafka and his wife Julie in Prague. His family from the fathers side was from Südböhmen und moved later on to Prague. His mother was originally from a wealthy and popular german-jewish family. His father grew up in a part of the tschechisch-jewish part in Milieu, but the family was more orientated at the german speaking culture in Prague, like everyone else in this time at this place. Kafka had three younger sisters, Valli (1890), Ottla (1892), and Elli (1899). All children were send to german schools and were able to speak better the german language then the tschechis. Franz Kafka visited from begin of 1893 the high school in “Altstädter-Ring” and became his highshool diploma there. He studied law and right at the university of Prague and was also taking classes of germanistik and art history. In 1906 he became his University diploma with an promotion to an Ph.D. in right. Starting at around 1907 he began to write and in 1910 his first short story “contemplation”. He was visiting the theater multiple times where he made friends with Marx Brod, Felix Weltsch, and Oskar Baum. The year 1912 counts towards the most productive years of Kafkas life. Franz Kafka was not able to get in a long term relationship with woman. All of his affairs had an ending. Kafka created his first big pieces of work in the fall of 1912: The short story “the Judgement”, The roman “the missing person”, and the