Franz Kafka

[Ish_123]

Has anyone read Kafka's works? Do you guys think the pain and suffering that he writes about really is that deep or maybe he's just a very sensetive person?
I have read a lot of Kafka and he has just introduced his readers to misery and suffering but did not really give a way to move forward.

[Ceildric]

I have not yet read Kafka's works (though I have every intention to do so one day) so I can only speculate.

That said, I don't think him being a very sensitive person and pain and suffering being as deep as he expresses have to be mutually exclusive. Imagine you are on a camping trip with friends. You have particularly good night vision, while your friends are less able to see at night. Thus, you can see the massive grizzly bear in the shadowy bushes near camp while they cannot. Is the grizzly bear really that big or are you just that sensitive?

Also, I don't think whether Kafka offers a way to move forward or not either affirms or negates his position. Perhaps there is no way to move forward. Do we only want to ask questions that have answers?

[Claudia Angelucci]

I love Franz Kafka's works. He is one of my favorite writers ever. Not many writers can portray a sense of alienation and the absurdity of life as well as he does. I think Kafka's sensitivity allowed him to tap into universal human struggles and convey a sense of hopelessness. So, to answer your question, I believe he was indeed a very sensitive person!

[Hamza Bellah]

With all simplicity, kafka is one of the legends writers in the history of the literature world. Maybe the most people of the modern world have a problem with him because of his works that are considered as a symbolic mystery. But remember, oh, reader of my message that kafka left behind him in his books a humanist secret about the darkest side of life. I advise anyone here who doesn't know kafka well to start with metamorphosis.