On a light note, if there is one, I kept hearing Sylvester Stallone in "Judge Dredd" saying, "I AM the law" whenever The Officer spoke about how The Condemned had come to be condemned. The extreme belief that anyone showing any humanity towards others is weak, haunts us every day. 30 years later, George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty-Four. Not because of the actual killing device, but is pretty horrific on its own, but for the attitude of The Officer toward crime and punishment. This poor man works hard to support his family, but in return, they and the bureaucrats he works for believe him to be nothing more than a "bug." And all anyone can do is be horrified that he can no longer work and treat him even more poorly."In The Penal Colony" was horrifying. (Weird, but not perfect.)In "The Metamorphosis," one of the themes is being worthwhile. The ending is clunky, but because he's Kafka, people wonder if they're missing something."Note to self: Kafka is not god, his work is not perfect. I didn't have problems with the bug, or the killing device as much as I did with the characters' reactions.When I mentioned that the ending in "The Judgement" felt kinda clunky, my friend said, "That's the thing about Kafka. In a discussion with a friend about themes, it became a bit easier to read. And I usually like weird, but I'm still not quite sure what to think of Kafka.
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