[ SECRET POST #2238 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2238 ⌋

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Comments

[mekkio]

I love that book. Broke my heart.

What didn't you like about it? It might give me a new perspective if you told me.

[hwc]

Oh God, if you love it I'm not sure I should tell you, because I have as much a hate-on for all things Kafka as my German teacher had a hard-on.

I think my main beef with it was how fucked up the story is. Like the shit with the rotting apples stuck in his back. I don't mind dark or disturbing stuff, but with Kafka it always feels needlessy OTT to me. It's hard to explain; the story is fucked up, but fucked up in a way that makes me rage rather than give me the creeps.


What is it about the book that you love? That might help me look past my irrational hatred of the story. :)

[mekkio]

Funny, I like the story because it is so messed up. I saw it as a metaphor for someone who was the bread winner for the family, became injured or paralyzed and was now the burden of the family. He went from being human to being a literal pest. That no one wanted him around since he could no longer provide. And in fact, shut him off not only from the rest of the family but society. It was like a reflection on how society saw invalids. How quickly it can go from praising someone to shunning them. How disposable individuals are.