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Kafka’s the Judgment

Kafka’s the Judgment. By: David Owen, Abigail Duman, Grace Bigham, and Yunjae Choi. Life of Kafka. Born in Prague Son of a Hermann, who owned a successful business Jewish upbringing Hermann expected his son to take over business Became a Surrealist author Writes multiple works

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Kafka’s the Judgment

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  1. Kafka’s the Judgment By: David Owen, Abigail Duman, Grace Bigham, and Yunjae Choi

  2. Life of Kafka • Born in Prague • Son of a Hermann, who owned a successful business • Jewish upbringing • Hermann expected his son to take over business • Became a Surrealist author • Writes multiple works • Although Kafka truly loves his father and hopes to reconcile, he feels powerless • Never gets married • Always falls through • Has weird sentiments towards marriage and sex • Dies young in the 1920s due to tuberculosis

  3. The Judgment Plot Summary • Mother of house is dead- father is depressed • Father’s Son is Georg • Leads the business and provides for the family • Good friend • Tries ensure his friend doesn’t become jealous of his success • Father Serves as a god figure • Acts as omnipotent force • Father = God Figure • Condemns Georg to death • Georg = Christ figure • Georg accepts fate and sacrifices himself

  4. Themes of The Judgment • Themes • The Role Reversal • Role of Son vs. Role of father • Religion – Christ figure vs. Father-God figure • Father-son relationship Where have we seen these before?

  5. Corollaries to Kafka’s Life • Georg = Kafka • Sacrificed his life for his father • Sees himself as the Christ • Confused about religion • Jewish man living in a predominately Christian nation • Unsure of what the truth is • Has great understanding • Constant debate between Christianity and Judaism

  6. Inferences of Frued Freud References • Reaction Formation • “An abused child may run to the abusing parent” • Georg has been greatly mistreated by his father BUT he continues to seek reconciliation with father • Regression • Tragedy strikes, father becomes childlike (regress = go back) • Introjection • Greg fills the rolls of his father and tries to over-compensate

  7. Sources • "Franz Kafka - Letter to his father." Miami Condos Search. Daniel Hornek, 1999. Web. 19 Nov. 2009. <http://www.kafka-franz.com/KAFKA-letter.htm>. • "Franz Kafka Biography." Miami Condos Search. Daniel Hornek, 1999. Web. 19 Nov. 2009. <http://www.kafka-franz.com/kafka-Biography.htm>. • "Sigmund Freud." My Webspace files. George Boree, 1997. Web. 19 Nov. 2009. <http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/freud.html>. • “Kafka – The Judgment.” University of Pittsburgh. 2009. <http://www.pitt.edu/~kafka/elenaI.html.> Web. 19 Nov. 2009. • “Article: Kafka and Sex.” High Beam Research. The Gale Group Inc. 2009 <http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-163682281.html> Web. 19 Nov. 2009. • "The Judgment, Franz Kafka - Introduction." Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. eNotes.com. 2006. http://www.enotes.com/twentieth-century-criticism/judgment-franz-kafka Web. 15 Nov, 2009.

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