Kafka

[bum]

So, what exactly was Kafka getting at in 'The Metamorphosis'?

[The Great Unwashed]

The human condition.
Alienation.
Impotence.

I think you should just read it as a beautifully written horror story, and let your mind reflect on what it reflects. That will be what it is about.

This link (http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~efiala/kafka/meta.html ) (and many others on the web) gives a more formal critique if you just want your homework doing.

[zoid]

Hve you guys noticed that if you read your usernames from bottob to top you get......

The Great Unwashed bum!

:D

[Moe]

TGU, good link! I never really understood the more implicit meanings in it, and so have only enjoyed it as a "beautifully written horror story". Likewise I'm now assuming there are deeper philosophical implications in The Castle , The Trial , and The Penal Colony all of which I've read and loved for the simple entertainment value (and I must admit in my ignorance that I found The Metamorphosis, which I read last, to be inferior to the other works).

I tried to use your link to get to philisophical analyses of the others, but when I clicked "back" at the bottom of the page it took me to a page with no links.

Anyway, I did a quick google search and mostly got essays for sale on the subject (apparently school essays on Kafka are a valuable commodity). Of course I seriously doubt I'd have any trouble finding 100's of analyses of the other works, particularly The Castle, if I put in the effort (and had the patience to endure my crappy dial up internet connection) but if you happen to know of a similar link for The Castle offhand, it'd be swell if you could share. :)





-Moe Zoid, The Great Unwashed Bum