Write a literary essay about the connection between the title "The Judgment", and the phrase "unending stream of traffic" in the last sentence
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:45:34
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (525 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (525 words)
The title of Kafka's piece The Judgment refers to the father's sentencing his adult son, Georg to "death by drowning". The connection between the title of the piece and its ultimate sentence is a symbolic one. The symbolic relationship lies in the father demonstrating to Georg that he is not 'the center of the universe' and that his death will go unnoticed.
In the 67th paragraph of the The Judgement, the father accuses Georg of …
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…by the fact that they both occur in the present moment.
In conclusion I believe that the relationship between the judgment and the unending stream of traffic referred to in the last sentence of the passage is symbolic one. The ignorant passing of the unending stream of traffic symbolizes the futility of Georgs life in the context the world as a whole. The world, symbolized by the cars continues unaffected after Georg is no more.
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