Kafka’s Genius Philosophy

Franz Kafka wrote about some really dark feelings most of us experience, such as failure, nightmarish powerlessness, self-loathing and anxiety. Kafka turned his nightmares into art and stories. In this video I discuss Franz Kafka by looking at his life, then summarise and analayse six of his novels and short stories and finally ten lessons we can learn from him. Kafka is one of the profoundest novelists of the 20th century.
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01:16 Kafka's brief biography
06:51 Kafka's 3 novels and 3 short stories
19:58 Ten Lessons from Franz Kafka
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[@Fiction_Beast]

Kafka vs Proust kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKSqaHeBdq-NqZI Franz Kafka dedicated his life to literature. Unfortunately he didn't get to enjoy it as his fame and success came after his death. So this video is to celebrate his life and his work, but also the lessons he offers us, a century later. I hope you enjoy the video and take a few things away from it.

[@petemavus2948]

Diogenes with the lantern Jung and individuation So rich in metaphor and symbolism and

[@hughdennison3013]

The way you have mastered the English language is very impressive. I don't know many people my age who have your vocabulary.

[@andreinemes708]

Thanks a lot! 🙏❤️😊

[@andreinemes708]

I have subscribed.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@hughdennison3013, Whoever makes these videos is not an anglophone? I mean, English is not his native language?

[@Endymion766]

Kafka doesn't give sad endings necessarily, just "normal" endings, aka, disappointing ones, because that's how it usually goes in real life. Almost everything is a disappointment eventually. I think that's why so many people can relate to those stories so much.

[@hilohahoma1547]

He is brilliant and realistic about the mundane.

[@anniehope8651]

We are just so used to Hollywood's happy endings that we see normal, realistic endings as sad or bad endings. It's not a coincidence that this form of illusion was created in America.

[@nvmffs]

It shouldn't be that way but people are inherently disappointing and people are involved in pretty much every aspect of our life so ... there you have it.

[@artkirakosyan2633]

Most of the books are unfinished. What the hell are you talking about. Kafkas writings are far from the real life. It is about struggle of a man to find god, and it has atheism in it, meaning it shows the incopetelity of the human ways amd gods ways.

[@rosolinolosciuto3644]

Fisica quantistica è vita reale la realtà è del tutto artificiale vi stanno raggirando con il virtuale

[@monochrome8731]

I think he found freedom by writing, his father was controlling, he was unsatisfied with his job, and unhappy with his relationships it's almost like he was a prisoner of life and was aware of it

[@hirakchatterjee5240]

@The Sinful Bastard Say that to a slum dweller in a third world country whose parents couldn't send them to a school , or those countless people who can't afford simple medical treatments. What you said is only true for those who can find the exposure and convert it to success , there are millions if not a billion people who are just stuck in their life

[@kohikappu]

@The Sinful Bastard No.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

sounds like Kafka really was an everyman

[@netgalactic]

I'm free and that's why I'm lost!

[@abhinavsirohi]

Everybody is a prisoner of life

[@audreyheart2180]

"life sometimes has no meaning/sense, is a nightmare even"..."sometimes we're all alone"... "sometimes life itself is a trial, our value to society and to our family is only as long as we're a provider, useful, and productive member. Once we're no longer able to do that, we have no worth".... "Artists need an audience to motivate them, to sustain them. This is an innate human desire to be admired by others." "The poor man shouts but they cannot hear his voice. He is so poor that he has become invisible, weightless, and inaudible." -Franz Kafka

[@antonboludo8886]

Oh my goodness this is so true. You can see it in his brilliant body of work. At least it can inspire other to improve their lives.

[@crookedpaths6612]

Kafka is one of the few writers that doesn’t give a happy ending. It is quite liberating.

[@ananyasharma4220]

You put it so well

[@adamant5906]

Try Pio Baroja's the Tree of Knowledge.

[@j0nnyism]

Oh that’s not true. Many many writers have endings that are far from happy

[@portapotty69]

If someone made a movie without a happy ending, the audience would burn the cinema to the ground. People become deeply disturbed if they don't get that redemption-arc dopamine hit. People aren't comfortable with the dark side, unless there's a comforting redemptive hug at the end. It's the audience that sucks, not the writer.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

@@portapotty69 Well if you are aware of the 80s film Brazil you will know of the studio battle that director Terry Gilliam had to get the film released and to have the non-happy ending. I cannot even bear to think what that film would be like with a happy ending. Brazil is VERY Kafka-esque and I think one review called it Frank Capra meets Franz Kafka

[@cgong415]

Kafka is one of writers I love the most. He is 100 years ahead of his contemporaries on realizing these and put them in writings.

[@Fiction_Beast]

He died 100 years ago and we're still reading him. I say he was a genius who didnt know he was one.

[@ananyasharma4220]

Can you suggest some of his best works other than the trial and metamorphosis

[@cgong415]

@@ananyasharma4220 the castle, amerika, meditation etc

[@zr0ll99]

That actually not true

[@Thewonderingminds]

You know it's a primordial art causality, to make anything promoting a certain cause, appealing and popular.

[@RiteshRauniyar4L]

The first sentence "I'm free and that's why I am lost", I totally get it and am going through the same phase. 😅

[@Fiction_Beast]

Great! Use the freedom to create something beautiful.

[@philipmariposa3067]

Same here. I listened to this video and thought "that sounds like me" !

[@MaverickManish..]

@@Fiction_Beast that hit me hard.. thank you..

[@sunshineshining4167]

Same

[@MG-uz5mr]

That is the reality of human life

[@tehreemamjad6324]

1: beauty of failure 2: life is full of interruptions 3: life is absurd 4:We are all alone 5: Life is full of irony 6: knowledge is relative 7: we are not sacred 8: individual autonomy 9: alienation is universal 10: tell stories

[@garethmorris6314]

Many thanks,cheers.

[@jothiganesh3275]

Seeking the essence ... Inspite the odds and evens... That's consistency... 🙏...Kafka Ji...🙏

[@sarahwestmusic]

beautiful! Thank you!!

[@paulkossak7761]

What I found in much of his writings was his sense of irony, saying one thing but meaning another. One of his lines has always stayed with me. "Please sleep faster, I need the pillow"

[@Fiction_Beast]

That’s funny too

[@Molly-yw1yv]

Hello, do you know which work he said this? I’d love to read it if you remembered where he wrote it!

[@maskedproductions]

‘The Metamorphosis’ was the first and only book that has ever made me cry, and at the time I didn’t fully understand why. But as I’ve gotten older I think I understand that it’s because the story and all of Kafka’s works are so hopeless and filled with struggle, which are so much more relatable to modern life than typical books, that have happy endings and a purpose. Kafkas books are sad, yet so much more real. Anyways, that’s why he’s my favorite author. :)

[@agnidas5816]

Hopeless? It's a parable. To teach you the reality of life and how to make things work. Don't just slave over for everyone you love - nurture them to grow instead of coddling them to sickness. It really sucks to be an artist.. hardly any one gets you

[@antonboludo8886]

During his time, his was modern life.

[@realNincompoopline]

Seems like you could like "Annihilate", "The Possibility of an Island" and "The Elementary Particles" by Houellebecq. Also maybe try "The Fall" and "The Plague" by Camus.

[@blerpblerpson890]

you don't read enough

[@antonboludo8886]

@@DH-oj2ru Kafka was a genius.

[@dev4911]

Here are some more ironies that life thrusts on our face: 1) Medicines are supposed to cure diseases, but taking them causes adverse side effects that may bring in other diseases 2) Junk food is bad for health, yet they are the tastiest and are very difficult to give up once you get addicted to them 3) We try desperately to finish a task to enjoy leisure, but once we have leisure, we can't decide what to do with it, and end up working through our leisure hours 4) We crave human company, yet when we get it, we are repelled by differences of tastes and opinions and start craving for solitude 5) We need a job to feel worthy, yet working in a cubicle like a robot makes us feel more worthless than ever 6) We think of death as the ultimate release from suffering, yet when we actually die, we don't feel any sense of release because death ends not only the pain, but also the capacity to experience release from the pain

[@danikolox9714]

Dislike

[@aishachandel1356]

❤beautifully expressed☺️

[@jgbains]

Nice

[@marsh346]

god this is so fucking cringe

[@jgbains]

@@marsh346 truth is cringe??

[@threethrushes]

Playing the same musical refrain on repeat for 33 minutes was a deliciously Kafkaesque move.

[@GjaP_242]

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.” 16:43 Franz Kafka, The Trial

[@nickvoutsas5144]

I believe that Kafka has the unique ability of writing down bid nightmares. Nightmares help us resolve problems thereby allowing us to face the next day more optimistically. What Kafka taught me is that many problems are not resolved even though they seemed resolved in our awake life. It's when we live our nightmares that's when we see reality. Kafka has a great deal of faith and does believe because he sees through the veneer of daily life and injustices of man. He has not lost hope but rather he sees truth hoping in love which the world denied him. Normal people have nightmares resolve some and live to see another successful day ,Kafka lived his nightmares and when he died he resolved his living nightmares and is at peace with his creator. Sometimes to die is to live and in his life he experienced many dead end deaths but in death he discovered eternal life.

[@antonboludo8886]

Well said.

[@DebbieAnnVeda]

Beautiful 🙏🏻

[@subbaraotanguturu9271]

Death is beautiful silence. Sufferers know the truth. He suffered hence found the truth.

[@antonboludo8886]

I hope Kafka did end hid nightmare.

[@yearofthegarden]

This is very relatable for me. I've never read Kafka but hearing the summary of his stories, it reads like my own life timeline. I've essentially dropped my own success to focus on giving towards my family, but now that I am 35 years old, that family really is just a few disfunctional people who can only bring up memories of a time in my life where I was held back, and any interest in participating with me towards a greater communal end is met with blatant disinterest. Often as a 20 something I pushed myself to the extremes of going into the cold mountains in december for the challenge of struggling to be present in order to survive, and always romanticized with myself about never coming back down. Yet I always push and my will to survive is strong. I used to be a workaholic, I had goals, ambitions, created a community around me, but as life unveiled the lack of interest in who I had built myself to be, and makes it more clear every day that by giving myself towards moral indignations, I am setting myself up to suffer over the long course, from lack of material and wealth, which require no explanation, but the moral purpose seems to read like an excuse for lack of material success. I am quitting my career as a farmer/gardener/mycologist to focus on digital art, because art diffuses the time which can easily be filled with over stimulated through, and art is the only true way to present an message for those to be attracted towards. I don't anticipate becoming massively successful over night, as I am about 15 years behind where I would have been if I didn't quit my clothing company business to learn to grow food so that my family won't suffer in the future of resource scarcity, but at least I am leaving the cycle of dead end ambitions, to start compiling together a new life of my own design.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for sharing your story. I think most people can relate to you.

[@samsonnxumalo392]

Quite an inspiring piece written straight from the heart, I can relate to your experiences at 35 too, how can I contact you

[@fatihbilgin1075]

Would you do what you doing i mean given up farming and starting a new career at fifty two years of age ?

[@fatihbilgin1075]

I had to read your story again today, you are a strong and good person. Thank you.

[@nicholasleonard9770]

I feel for him. So much. I churn out novella after novella. Poetry collection after poetry collection. I stray so far from what everyone else does. I love making art, but the lack of love for my art is crushing. I'm never going to stop though, because of people like Franz.

[@Fiction_Beast]

For me writing has two ends: what it does for the writer and someone reads it. As long as you get something out of it yourself, you have achieved something. So keep writing.

[@stephennewcombe452]

Keep writing ✍️

[@rainy.d7404]

When you lack love for your art it is because you lack love for yourself. We can all be our own worse critic. Our artistic expression comes from our inner world so in order to love ones work one has to be kind and nurture self love. It is our broken bits that require love for mending. ❤

[@stephennewcombe452]

@@rainy.d7404 Perhaps 🤔

[@Jade-k2]

@@rainy.d7404 I thought the OP was talking about lack of love for his art from other people.

[@X07-999]

He portrayed his stories as it is... In a way he was greatest contemporary stoic who embraced everything that life threw at him

[@willieluncheonette5843]

" I would like to tell you one of the most beautiful parables that has been written down the centuries. Parables have almost disappeared from the world because those beautiful people - Jesus, Buddha, who created many parables - have disappeared. A parable is not an ordinary story, a parable is a device - a device to say something which cannot ordinarily be said, a device to hint at something which can be hinted at only very indirectly. This parable is written in this age; a very rare man, Franz Kafka, has written it. He was really a rare man. He struggled hard not to write because, he said, what he wanted to write could not be written. So he struggled hard but he could not control the temptation to write, so he wrote. And he wrote in one of his diaries,”I am writing because it is difficult not to write, and knowing well that it is difficult also to write. Seeing no way out of it, I am writing.” And when he died, he left a will in the name of one of his friends to say, “Please burn everything that I have written - my diaries, my stories, my parables, my sketches, my notes. And burn them without reading them. Because this is the only way that I can get rid of that constant anxiety that I have been trying to say something which cannot be said. And I could not resist so I have written. Now this is the only way. I have written it because I could not control myself. I had to write knowing well that it could not be written, so now, without reading it, destroy, burn everything utterly. Nothing should be left.” But the friend could not do it. And it is good that he did not. This is one of Kafka’s parables. Listen to it, meditate over it. “I gave order for my horse to be brought from the stable. The servant did not understand me. I myself went to the stable, saddled my horse and mounted. In the distance I heard a bugle call. I asked him what this meant. He knew nothing and had heard nothing. At the gate he stopped me, asking,’Where are you riding to, Master?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I said, ‘only away from here. Away from here, always away from here. Only by doing so can I reach my destination.’ ‘And so you know your destination?’ he asked. ‘Yes,’ I answered. ‘Did not I say so? Away from here - that’s my destination.’ ‘You have no provisions with you, ‘ he said. ‘I need none,’ I said. ‘The journey is so long that I must die of hunger if I don’t get anything along the way. No provisions can save me because the journey is so long, I cannot carry enough provisions for it. No provisions can save me because it is, fortunately, a truly immense journey.'” Now this is the parable. “The destination,” he says, “is away from here. Away from here is my destination.” That’s how the whole world is moving: away from here, away from now. You don’t know where you are going but one thing is certain - you are going away from here, away from now. The parable says it is an immense journey. It is really endless because you can never reach away from here. How can you reach “away from here”? Wherever you will reach, it will be here. And again you will be trying to go away from here. There is no way to reach this destination. If away from here is the destiny then there is no way to reach it. And we are all escaping away from here. Watch. Don’t allow this parable to become your life. Ordinarily everybody is doing this - knowingly, unknowingly. Start moving into the here, start moving into the now. And then there is tremendous happiness - so much so that it starts overflowing from you. Not only you delight in it, it starts overflowing, it starts becoming your climate, it becomes like a cloud around you. So whoever comes close to you becomes full of it. Even others will start partaking of it, participating in it. And the more you have, the more you will be drowning into the herenow. Then a moment comes when you don’t have any space left for yourself - only happiness exists; you disappear. But of two things - the past and the future - be alert."

[@ar1016]

@dad Why? Is that turning into a kind of paradox?

[@framhouse2935]

Willie.....you seem to have understand what KAFKA wanted but could never see or recognize. He was running away instead of moving towards. And when you run away.....that thing you run away follows you in different forms but the same vibrational pattern. Additionally Kafka was unable to extricate himself from the darkness because all he wrote and spoke about was the dark. Law of attraction had him wrapped up pretty tight with no one to show him how to extricate himself. At the end of his life...he tried to rid himself of the darkness and hoped that it wouldn't touch others.....but ......he couldn't burn his writing himself and his friend was a vibrational match also....and so his writings remain. Now there is only one take away. Be careful of what you are focused on. Focus becomes Reality. 🙏😁

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@framhouse2935 Thank you. Those are not my words. They are from a talk by Osho.

[@nyrecary2957]

👏yes , beautifully written you taught me so much of myself though it thank you

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@nyrecary2957 Again, that is from a talk by Osho. Thank you.

[@ss-gr8lt]

Hey man. Just wanted to express my sincere gratitude for how respectful and in-depth you explore authors and their works, regardless if they are japanese, russian, german or what not. I am in awe of your knowledge and your ability to share it in these documentary videos. Please keep doing your thing. Nobody on YT does it better as far as I'm aware! Much love

[@vidyeshwarprasad6895]

TREMENDOUS!!! Such a qualitative, brilliantly scripted, comprehensive n engagingly narrated upload on the one n only one :Kafka! I remained hooked from start to end as if I was watching a riveting movie.Thanks a lot Fiction Beast!

[@justsomebloke6784]

I found so much to resonate with Camus. Kafka's understanding of absurdity seems to be his method of surviving the knowledge that weighs on him. I know it works for me.

[@GjaP_242]

17:00!

[@lailalivsdatter6660]

I love Camus too.

[@preciousamaechi689]

You’re right..

[@antoinesubitlescoups338]

There are many fiction and literature and philosophy channels. It won't be an exaggeration to say this is the best of all of them. Why? Coz of your attention to detail and the profound inferences that you derive from facts and quotations from the writer. I chuckled from delight from time to time watching the video as the voiceover narration was almost impeccable. You've got another subscriber :)

[@Fiction_Beast]

Awesome! Thanks so much!

[@TheAbirindia]

Kafka's novels are not unfinished, they are finished by their own way and that makes them special.

[@kevin-hm5rv]

Beautifully written script. Thank you!

[@jhssmith2004]

this is great! i had very thoughts like this beginning about a month ago. for example, what's wrong with failure? why fear failure? it's not scary. we all fail. there are seeds of beauty in failure, strife and suffering. glad to know i'm on the right path. thank you.

[@willcui4887]

what i've personally been taught is this: - if you fail and refuse to learn, you have no future and are worthless - therefore, you cannot survive in mainstream society, so you cannot survive at all - so in summary conform or die this, of course, doesn't take into account that maybe you fail because you are punished for failing all your life, and maybe you fail because you don't want to conform, because you don't want to dance yourself to death (folklore reference, otherwise you won't get it)

[@FoggyWall]

It's that last bit though that is the true hitch. You don't want to mentally accept that we all fail. For everyone can succeed in the least opportune way, but a success is just that. Regardless, I agree a failure is the best teacher, even to those around us.

[@37Dionysos]

Nice work---The "ten lessons" are eloquent and empowering!

[@saniarahman8652]

Thank you for your time and effort in creating this beautifully narrated video. You have done an excellent job of explaining Kafkaesque.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@deepeacemaker4392]

What an amazing work you've done, my friend. Just brilliant 👏👌😀

[@Aoentardecer]

Thank you so much for providing the caption! Your videos are very good!

[@richdiana3663]

I found his sense of the world as a place to fear more authentic with each ominous, passing day.

[@jacklawrence2212]

Wonderful video, Fiction Beast. I love your take on Kafka and his stories and the lessons of his life and struggles. Beautiful. Thanks for creating this.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Appreciate your comment and feedback.

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

A common theme I think found in his works is we all try to find meaning in life, we look around and yet the possible answers are right in front of us or maybe they aren't and maybe it doesn't even matter whether the answers are there or not.

[@qd4051]

Thanks for putting so much thought and energy in your presentation and analysis. I enjoy your accent too!

[@sharontheodore8216]

You have put a tremendous amount of time and effort into this and thank you so much for that. Throughout, I kept thinking of Proust and his more optimistic tone despite being bedridden. It looks like having a brutal family life is just one reason for creating such 'off-beat' literature. God bless you.

[@Fiction_Beast]

That’s a great comparison. Both grew up around the same time. Both had Jewish heritage. Both were influenced in part by the disillusionment of nihilism (I mean post Darwin world when religious views were challenged). But the difference is the outlook of Germans vs the French. Proust lived during a somewhat healthy period of the French nation while Kafka in a crumbling Austro-Hungarian empire while the German power growing to the west. Kafka worked long hours. Proust never had an office job as far as I know. He had a healthy inheritance that he lived of. Both were sickly and physically weak. Proust loved the high society and was part of it for a while. Kafka didn’t enjoy such thing. Proust was gay which added another complication in his life at the time. I’m beginning to think that if you’re happy in life, you won’t bother create something profound. All the best arts and works of literature come down to us by people who had it rough. Maybe too simplistic but there is some truth in suffering makes beautiful art.

[@sharontheodore8216]

@@Fiction_Beast Thank you so much for highlighting the differences. Very fascinating and worth a study taking into account not just the personal lives but also the political environment. This would would be a topic worth of a doctoral degree. I also wanted to add that one acquires depth when one goes deep into the hole, only then can one experience a myriad of emotions that are not experienced by many of us. I learn so much from you and by the way I have just ordered 'The Bridge over the Drina'. Stay well and so many thanks.

[@petemavus2948]

@Elizabeth Wolfe " This Awful Rowing Toward God "

[@limejuice7652]

@@sharontheodore8216 fffxg

[@jonathanellis8921]

@@Fiction_Beast I agree with you; the best things I create are when all else is lost in my life.

[@rutbrea8796]

Wonderful commentary, together with the music. Extremely inspiring! Loved it, Loved 😍❤♥💕it! I am going to read his books, never did or know about him. Thanks for sharing this realism. ❤and 🇺🇸♥

[@chrissalazar2396]

I really enjoy these videos for there inside view of one the great writers , and you should keep going!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks, will do!

[@hrangarao5075]

Wonderful.A more lucid presentation impossible for me to imagination. Grippingly interesting through and through.Si,look forward to many more.Thank you.

[@tommyboy4051]

Self-note: "Failure" is just a stepping stone, if you Never give up & keep pushing. Regardless if you have no idea what you're even doing, you'll figure it out as you go. Keep grinding until you Win. It aint over until its over.

[@heekyungkim8147]

Great insight on kafka. I am unbeautiful failure. Failed almost everything in life has to offer. So I can quiet relate to character from The Metamorphosis.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Kafka had a somewhat similar feeling when he died. He thought he hadnt achieved anything. But it was only after his death that his works were read and now we know him. We cannot judge our achievements, I reckon. Thanks for watching.

[@heekyungkim8147]

@@Fiction_Beast Thanks to your video. Somewhat for a few seconds it made me feel less alone…. He was genius with his writing.

[@Fiction_Beast]

@@heekyungkim8147 I think a lot of people feel lost in today's world, but the way i look at it, just do the things you love. Kafka loved reading and writing. That was it. if he was to witness how many read his work, he would be shocked.

[@ikpeessien7399]

Hi

[@frog6054]

Aye, I just failed my driving test 😔

[@novellogastone]

Hey, just bumped here, your work is amazing. Please keep going this channel is a gem. Thank you very much.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Appreciate it.

[@dinocardamone-sg1ph]

Your work is wonderful !! Pilled full of useful information which is easy to get and very interesting and relevant. Best overall reviews of psychology and philosophy I've ever seen...wish I had them 40 years ago. Thank you so much for such great information for the advancement of humanity.

[@MsTitiag]

"There is not a perfect time to do anything" YOU are TOTALLY RIGHT! 👏

[@rachelr796]

Nice video, I think Kafka exposes the human darkside. I loved the Metamorphosis and I'm glad to see I understood the same as the video. I found it easy to read actually

[@wizardofb9434]

I remember reading "The Castle" as a teenager. I was so intrigued by the mysterious nature of the narration that, I began sketching The Castle on a piece of paper ! A rare underrated talent was he. Thanks a lot for this upload.I subscribed your channel..

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you so much!

[@rhonda6791]

To refer to something as Kafkaesque is an honor. Kafka was and is not underrated, he is enormously beloved and respected.

[@wizardofb9434]

@@rhonda6791 Yes. After his time recognised and respected. But not when he was alive, which he deserved.

[@rhonda6791]

@@wizardofb9434 While he was alive he was so troubled by his father who dominated him Kafka didn’t even want to publish. But yes you’re right maybe it would have helped him if there was positive recognition for his writing. The good part for us is that his stories were published and we love them for their beauty and their humanity as well as their sadness.

[@FranzSchmidtYoutube]

@@rhonda6791 As proven by having Metamorphosis and The Trial turned into ballets ...

[@pallavidake9548]

wow, thankyou for sharing and for the work you put in this

[@farahali5754]

The beauty of failure in my life motivate me to know the value of learning

[@quantummath]

Keep up the great work Fiction Beast. It engaged me from start to finish. 1. As an expat/academic living in Germany, I agree that the legal system seems to have encircled different aspects of my freedom, more so than I have experienced in a few other countries I resided in earlier. I can only imagine how Kafka had felt as a Jew living in Czech, another Germanic sphere at the time. 2. The struggle to find meaning and lead a prolific life despite the inevitable nature's tragedies is at the core of many philosophies and religions. Kafka seems to depict both the necessity of such pursuit and the reality of the almost-certain failure. Cheers from Hamburg, Germany.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Enjoyed reading it.

[@sachieasamizu4809]

What a chilling sentence(2), but strangely beautiful.

[@quantummath]

Thnak you Sachie. @@sachieasamizu4809

[@tharakacaldera9120]

This was an in-depth and creative way to put everything about Kafka in the simplest form. Hats off to the writer and the narrator ... This is definitely a tremendous work ...

[@dominicm255]

shame a lot of the information is incorrect

[@simonsays7687]

@@dominicm255like what?

[@MsTitiag]

I Just found you and you caught me! I love ALL this video! Thank you for sharing! 🤗

[@krappy_]

Thank you! An excellent introduction to Kafka.

[@sachieasamizu4809]

I once saw Daniel Day Lewis as Kafka in a screenplay. He wasn’t depicted as a complainer but had strong sympathies and sensitivities to his clients in the insurance company. (edit) Of course you said he was not a complainer at the beginning.

[@BlueridgeBluebirdLove]

How thankful I am for these lectures ❤!

[@Fiction_Beast]

You're most welcome!

[@unclejam22]

Awesome man! Keep it up!

[@deadpoet9392]

Love your page!!! Keep it up We want more!!!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! Will do!

[@jonakdowerah3771]

i like kafka's innocent face. i will read his book someday.

[@GjaP_242]

On Kafka's religious orientation. Franz Kafka's religious orientation has been the subject of much debate among scholars and readers. Kafka was born into a Jewish family, but he had a complex relationship with his Jewish identity and with religion in general. Kafka's works often deal with existential questions about the meaning of life, the search for identity, and the struggle to find a sense of belonging in an increasingly fragmented and alienated world. These themes are often explored through the lens of Jewish mysticism and religious symbolism, but Kafka's approach to religion is highly ambiguous and often contradictory. Some scholars have argued that Kafka's works reflect a deep spiritual longing and a search for transcendence that is rooted in his Jewish heritage. Others have suggested that Kafka's works are a critique of religious institutions and dogma, and that his portrayal of religion is often dark, absurd, and surreal. Despite the ambiguity of his religious orientation, Kafka's works have had a significant impact on religious and philosophical thought in the 20th century, and his writings continue to inspire and challenge readers from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. 4:23 [Content generated by ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI]

[@RaymondMorii-gs5vr]

this commentary mesmerizing and straight to the point. IM hooked on you sir.

[@lilacseahorse542]

Your wonderfully succinct and descriptive language is a welcome counterpart to an interesting video. I feel I understand Kafka’s viewpoint and existential crisis and it’s completely gratifying to be able to relate to someone who lived over 100 yrs ago. As humans we all have feelings of alienation and isolation, some more than others. Those dark tumultuous thoughts that pervade in the death of night, the thoughts we often harbour to ourselves create there own form of isolation, this compounds the fact that we are really and truly alone, even surrounded by others we are a single vessel, an entity unto itself, ultimately and irrevocably alone.

[@joedoe783]

I really loved this video and the narration.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Cheers!

[@pla-pixelsliteraturaearte3860]

THAT was an amazing class! God bless you, Fiction Beast! :)

[@GjaP_242]

Could you briefly explain Kafka's paradox? Kafka's paradox refers to the existential paradox found in the works of Franz Kafka, in which characters often find themselves caught in a complex web of bureaucratic systems that they cannot fully comprehend or escape from. On the one hand, Kafka's characters often seek freedom and independence from these systems, yet on the other hand, they are unable to do so due to the overwhelming power and complexity of the systems themselves. This creates a paradoxical situation where the characters are both agents of their own fate and victims of external forces beyond their control. Kafka's paradox is a reflection of the absurdity and alienation of modern life, and it has had a significant influence on the literary and philosophical traditions that followed in the 20th century. It has been interpreted in various ways, from a critique of authoritarianism and totalitarianism to an existential exploration of the human condition. 0:05 [Content generated by ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI]

[@pla-pixelsliteraturaearte3860]

@@GjaP_242 I've liked what the machine said, and wonder what Kafka would do with the AI...

[@GjaP_242]

Perhaps he would say: Too Kafkaesque.

[@GjaP_242]

He believed that the whole human race was the product of one of “God's bad days.” 30:03 [Yale University]

[@ragazzo.viola7]

Thank y for making this masterpiece

[@60079regulatorylaw]

Marvellous commentary. Thank you for such efforts. Jeremy.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rgperegrinus]

I don't know if I laugh or feel compassion for all of Kafka's life. It is indeed a dark humour story. ♏🌕

[@mumsow]

I enjoyed this immensely thank you! I adored Kafka when I was a young student. In fact I named my cat Kafka 😊

[@Fiction_Beast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sohara....]

What's your cat (Kafka) like? Am curious if cat is in any way mysterious ... some cats are. 🐈‍⬛🐆🐈

[@mumsow]

@@sohara.... He was quite mysterious 🙂✨ he would stare at something unseeable in the distance for ages...but then he was a cat after all. He did have the very burning Kafkaesque eyes though ...

[@sriramulukrishnamurthy799]

Beautiful way of explaining Kafka's life and literature. Thank you!

[@GjaP_242]

Thanks for talking about literature. Tell me about Kafka and, in particular, about the book “The Metamorphosis”, in which the main character is transformed into a giant cockroach. In what language did Kafka write his work? Franz Kafka was a German-speaking writer born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1883. He is known for his highly influential and surreal works of fiction that explored themes of alienation, existential anxiety, and the dehumanizing effects of bureaucracy. "The Metamorphosis" is one of Kafka's most famous works and was published in 1915. It tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. The story follows Gregor's struggles to adjust to his new form, his family's reaction to his transformation, and his eventual decline and death. Kafka's writing style is often characterized as surreal, with elements of magical realism and absurdity. His works are also known for their deep psychological insights into human nature and their exploration of existential themes. As I mentioned earlier, Kafka wrote in German, and "The Metamorphosis" was originally published in German with the title "Die Verwandlung." The book has since been translated into numerous languages and remains a significant work in modern literature. 1:23 [Content generated by ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI]

[@sunipabanerjee1403]

It's an amazing video ❤️thank you!

[@redshiftexperiment]

What u say here is beautiful. Wonderful positive messages. I remember reading the Metamorphosis and even though it was so sad, I found it funny enough to laugh at because of the absurdity and how easy the situation was to relate to in an absurd way. This message of hope u mention, to keep trying even though things seem hopeless and not to be sad when friends abandon you because we are all ultimately alone. This like Kafkas work is ultimately an absurdly positive message. Thanks so much for posting.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you!

[@thomasschinkel1355]

Clear analysis and context

[@mikexstad1121]

This is low key hilarious. I lol'd when the starvation artist is replaced with a hungary tiger

[@haniffhaniff5764]

your videos deserve a lot more views

[@amysuzannevandermoore8426]

Thank you so much! This was a really interesting video!

[@CatApocalypse]

Very informative! I never realized he hadn't finished a novel.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I didnt know that either until I started making this video. It's incredible that now he's considered one of the best novelists who didnt think he was good enough to even finish a novel. that's how much we know ourselves.

[@cacaw_0]

I always felt that metamorphosis could be an allegory for depression. A disgusting bug is often what one sees in the mirror when you're in that state. You get sympathy from your family, but it's a heavy burden to bear. It's hard for your family to not despair if it remains unchanged for too long. Btw, my personal favorites are these two of which i can't recall the titles. The one where a man and a woman have a passionate affair with each other as an escape from their unhappy marriages. And the one where an estranged son visits his sickly father who brutally breaks his facade of an image and fake life and challenges him to kill himself.

[@puiip3605]

thank you so much. Now I finally got a better and clearer idea of Kafka

[@5aab4ever]

Thanks for making such great content 👏

[@ziranduan]

This is a really great work. I have an idea, correct me if I were wrong, it would be better if you can introduce a little bit of literature history, so we can know how big impact/change Kafka brought to this community. Thanks!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Good point.

[@Takeda_1582]

Great! Incredible! Splendid! It was really good.And now i see these points in a retrospect. Can i ask how did you become like this??I really like to be like you adlist in this particular aspect

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you so much 😀

[@gracie99999]

@@Fiction_Beast hello sir, are you familiar with idries shahs work?

[@y5mgisi]

I've been falling asleep to these videos at night and they are giving me some wild dreams.

[@mugishama1]

I always find such comfort and inspiration from Kafka, we both had similar upbringings.

[@MyRobertallen]

As an undergrad at the University of Michigan, my history professor, the great Holocaust scholar Sydney Bolkosky. had us read the Trial. I was hooked: subsequently I devoured everything Kafka wrote. Ditto my 3 children. (The other day, I finally found my ancient copy of The Trial, the one with the scary pics- in my oldest daughter's bookcase, where I left it.) I say all this to stump for another 20th century novelist who also didn't go in for happy endings: George Bernanos. I've found his writing to be engrossing as well. RFGA. Ph.D.

[@KOMODO_7]

Philosophy & Psychology....Just the kind of channel I was looking for and exactly line up with my curiosity and interest.. Don't mind If I do (Subscribed Actively)

[@avtargondara9289]

Perfect presentation. Informatory and educating.

[@TH-wt2jc]

I am German and I read almoust everything Kafka wrote. For me, it is very interesting to listen to you takling about Kafka in such a beautiful way!

[@preciousamaechi689]

You read it in German? 😮

[@TH-wt2jc]

Yes, as a German, I of course read his books in German. Unfortunately, I cannot read Imre Kertesz's books, which I also love, in Hungarian.

[@dwipockranjanbhowmick5600]

এই জিনিসের ক্যাপসানে বাংলা পাবো ভাবি নাই। যে কাজটা করেছেন, তাকে অনেক ধন্যবাদ জানাই। * I felt very astonished that i found 'Bengali' language in caption section. Whoever did this, i would like to give a big thanks from the bottom of my heart. the content of this channel is quiet impressive and interesting. Keep rocking \m/

[@hasibultopu3155]

You're truly genius someone. And yeah " Metamorphosis" is one of my all time favourite story. Thanks for your detailing contents Go ahead. You'll be great critic or maybe storywriter

[@Fiction_Beast]

Wow, thank you!

[@andrewbeattie9918]

Individuality is a unique gift ,to think differently and to stand out from the crowd. There's a price to pay for creativity but it is worth it! Loneliness, isolation, desperation and pain within one's soul.The Belfast poet Andrew Beattie ♥️ Food for thought...

[@mstorandelli]

That was beautiful. Now I have to go tell stories.

[@alternaterock9594]

"Through failure we survive", the failure in gene multiplication results in mutation which may result in death but also help us survive. That's a beautiful observation 🤯

[@qamarm1831]

Kafka is one of the most inspirational writers of his time , i always to read him with intellectual understanding.

[@hectorrodriguez2686]

I had my telephone out of reach and had to listen to one of those You Tube 5 minute commercial advertisement. At that moment I got Kafka's ideas perfectly clear. Dystopia.

[@yolandaaedo2108yolalla]

Kafka. Es uno de los escritores más geniales... Produce un sin fin de emociones. Lo admiro mucho. Cada escritor tiene su estilo para escribir sus fantacias. Muchas veces es su misma experiencia de vida...un grande!!!

[@MissMadeleineSwann]

This was so interesting. I think Kafka might be the writer I identify with most (not that I'm anywhere near as good)

[@Andrew.McAvoy]

you don’t need to be good to be a writer. “good” is just an expectation or concept base on perfectionism. writing alone is such a magical thing you can do. never give up.

[@MissMadeleineSwann]

@@Andrew.McAvoy oh thank you!

[@mrcaryatis]

Kafka definitely was a fascinating thinker if you into his way of thinking. His death according to Reiner Stach was caused by the laryngeal TB wich is a very rear complication. But on the other hand because of his frequent interactions with the prostitutes he may have another rear disease - siphylis of the esophagus - which has even more exuberant dysphagia. It can be easily undiagnosed particularly if the focus is on TB.

[@ARVINDKUMAR-tk6wi]

How enchanting a presentation!

[@ricosalb]

Kafka was Kafka a man of his age with a life with joy and sadness, boredom and excitement. Kafkas writing gives to each what one seeks. Kafka invited the writer into his mind!

[@barrymoore4470]

Insightful analysis here, imparting some novel perspectives on the value to the study of Kafka's legacy. I did want to offer a couple of corrections and observations: Kafka was born in 1883, not 1882, and as Dostoevsky died in 1881, Kafka was born two years later. However one may parse the nationality of the man Kafka, his works belong to German literature, having been written in the German language. The site of Kafka's death was a sanatorium for TB sufferers in Kierling, Austria, rather than a hotel per se. I would also challenge the argument made here that 'Amerika' is the sole story by Kafka to resolve in happiness of sorts. 'The Metamorphosis', though ending dismally for Gregor, concludes on a note of optimism for Gregor's surviving family, however ironic the author's tone may be in this instance. Overall, quite a rewarding presentation, encouraging me to explore your channel further.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for the corrections. Appreciate you taking the time.

[@castelodeossos3947]

My favourite Kafka quotation is from his diary 4th August 1914: 'Deutschland hat Russland den Krieg erklärt. - Nachmittag Schwimmschule.' ('Germany has declared war on Russia. In the afternoon the swimming school.') The latter sentence means he went swimming in the afternoon.

[@kfwimmer]

Really great job! Thank you

[@Petramchannel]

Thanks for this kind of beautiful video

[@ullintalulna7066]

LESSONS 1 There is beauty in failures: do not self judge yourself 2 Distractions are evil: don't wait for the right time 3 Life is absurd: don't wait for a confirmation in accord to a purpose 4 We are all alone: be compassionate, don't be sorry for yourself, don't expect a compensation for doing good 5 If you can't solve an evil that haunts you, invent how to laugh about it 6 A certain amount of knowledge in a field implies ignorance in other: sociality is always important: learn how to live with different cultures 7 We are not sacred: do not try to escape ordinary life: master it 8 Be self sufficinet in fighting your demon 9 Everyone is alienated beacause of their soul in search for meaning: don't blame society 10 Tell stories instead of trying to persuade with your opinions

[@marclayne9261]

One of my dreams, is to talk with Kafka & Wittgenstein, in person.....I have nearly all their works...

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

Yeah. Three-way.

[@teresitalopez3699]

Excellent presentation. Thanks!

[@pritibarman7203]

so many lessons. thank you so much.