Kafkaesque and the Various Meanings to Kafka's Life

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Kafkaesque and the Various Meanings to Kafka's Life
Kafkaesque is a term used to describe situations, relationships, and events that are oppressive, bizarre, changeable, or meaningless. It can also be anything that reflects the influence of Kafka's literary style. The adjective Kafkaesque is often used to explain absurd situations or relationships or occasionally to refer to something surreal. Another meaning is that of the psychological environment where one feels trapped and unable to escape. These three definitions of Kafkaesque are interlinked and not mutually exclusive.
Kafka was a writer who was not easy to understand. He created a contradictory personality. His writing style was very confusing and difficult to understand, but this is why his works are so influential today. Kafka's personality is an infinite puzzle that has been said to have been constructed from bits of one person, many people, and every person's experiences. In other words, he had no one life but lived many lives in himself. For example, Kafka was fascinated with authority and guilt, which is demonstrated in his own life and writing.
In A Country Doctor, Kafka writes about the feeling of distance between one's inner self and the outer world (Zilcosky 489). This distance is described in the last line of this piece: "Now, however, that his allotted span has run out, he will never again see the inner world that surrounded him so closely." From this statement, it can be seen that Kafka was aware of his personality and how he would live his days. Kafka was an anxious man with many phobias, including claustrophobia, agoraphobia, filophobia, and claustrophobia.
Like Kafka, when Gregor Samsa wakes up in The Metamorphosis by Kafka, he is repulsed by his body and the situation he is in. This comparison can be made between Kafka and Gregor because both of them are in a state of psychological confusion, and they both feel like they do not belong. Gregor has a disturbing "sensation" during this time, which causes him to blame his family: like Kafka, he is alienated from his family and feels like an outsider. In Kafka's Metamorphosis, it is demonstrated that Kafka was capable of experiencing such great pain as being physically ill and mentally anxious (Boroomandjazi 74). This is also how Gregor feels after waking up from his trans...