Franz Kafka
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka is a writer that has had a great influence on the literary world, but before becoming an eminent individual, he was fairly unknown. Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883. He was the first child of Julie and Hermann Kafka, a middle-class Jewish family. Kafka had siblings, most of which died in the Nazi concentration camps. He assumed the role of the “oldest brother” when two of his brothers died in their infant years. He didn’t have a strong relationship with his mother, but he’s relationship with his father is one that overshadowed not only his life, but his literature as well. If most of Kafka’s stories are analyzed, it may be concluded that most of his stories included detailed aspects of his life obscured by the use of metaphors.
The concern of never being recognized is a theme that appears quite often in Kafka’s writing. Again, The Metamorphosis and The Judgment both have aspects of it. The Metamorphosis depicts it through the use of the sister and her almost replacing Gregor. Gregor’s work and status in the family wasn’t appreciated, he became useless and his work unrecognized by them, which lead him to death. In The Judgment, we see the young man leaping off the bridge, and the traffic hiding his death, as...
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