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Kafka 2004 It is very difficult to interpret this story - even Kafka called it more a poem , than a story he tried to give several interpretations himself but finally agreed that all those interpretations weaken the implication of The Judgment ' itself . Actually , this work and The Penal colony were the only works , which Kafka wanted to see published . Still , let 's try to answer several questions based on my understanding of The Judgment I . To what extent is Georg 's friend , who lives in Saint Petersburg , a projection of Georg
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Through the whole story Georg 's friend comes out as a strong connection between father and a son , as a strong link between them . We don 't know the circumstances , which were the reason that friend left for Russia - only an explanation that he didn 't like how his business is going on here , in his fatherland . To some extent , this story is a kind of autobiographic it shows deepness of relations between Kafka himself and his father , although it wasn 't so dramatic and violent
From one side , there is no connection between Georg and his friend , but from the other , we can find something common between them . While reading the story , we see that friend worked for nothing in the country , where he didn 't know anybody moreover , he didn 't even want to get acquainted with somebody . He didn 't support any relations with Russian society as well as with Germans , which lived in Russia . Georg also lead very secluded life : we can see from the story that his usual everyday program was home-work-home in the evenings he was sitting with his father in the same room , although doing different things and reading different papers , but his way of life also can be called secluded . This schedule was violated only by non-frequent meetings with his friends and recently , with his fiancye
Georg was a reserved man and he didn 't tell to his friend about his actual way of life , about his business and other important things , which were happening to him . Georg explained this by reason that his friend doesn 't have good business and good relations with women , so information about lucky events in Georg 's life can spoil his friend 's mood , and which is more important , his attitude to him , to Georg . But , as far as we see from the text , his friend also didn 't tell him anything . Friend knows everything about Georg (Georg 's father writes to him accurately describing all events , which are happening in Georg 's life , but at the same time he pretends he knows only those things , Georg writes to him - nothing else . At the same time they are two men , who feel both alone in this world . He transfers his feeling to his friend 's life he exclaims to his fiancye : Alone ? Do you know , what it means .to be alone ! The loneliness , remoteness from the environment , from family , human relations . this is the...
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