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A 3 page essay that summarizes and analyzes Franz Kafka's short story "The Judgement." The writer argues that this story reflects Kafka's relationship with his own father on a deeply psychological level. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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wrote: "Do you find in The Judgement any kind of meaning, I mean any kind of straightforward, coherent, traceable meaning? I cant find it; nor can I explain anything in
it" (Goebel 317). Yet, despite this protestation, Kafka goes on to discuss his meaning in his short story, which relates directly to his own relationship with his father. As this
suggests, "The Judgment" represents Kafkas own psychological problems with his powerful father. The story indicates that a fathers disapproval is fatal to his son. Hermann Kafka, Franzs father, was
a "domestic tyrant, who directed his anger against his son" (Franz Kafka). In 1919, Kafka expressed his feelings toward his father in a work entitled Letter to His Father,
which was never seen by father and not published until long after the death of both Kafka and his father (Franz Kafka). In his Letter, Kafka wrote that his writing
was all about his father, commenting that "all I did there, after all, was to bemoan what I could not bemoan upon your breast" (Franz Kafka). In his Letter, as
well as "The Judgment" and "Metamorphosis," Kafka presents the idea that "parents do terrible damage in their children" (Meyers 329). Certainly, this is the case in "The Judgement," as the
protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by picturing his protagonist, Georg, a young man,
successful in the family business, newly engaged to be married and fairly well-adjusted and happy. Since his mothers death, two years previously, Georg had largely taken over running the family
business. Prior to his mothers death, his father had insisted on "having everything his own way" (Kafka Judgment). Under Georgs supervision, the business increased dramatically in volume and size. As
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