Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis (1915) stands as one of the twentieth century’s most haunting and enigmatic parables of alienation. In barely sixty pages, Kafka distills the absurdity of modern existence through the grotesque transformation of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who awakens one morning to find himself inexplicably metamorphosed into a gigantic insect. Yet this literal monstrosity—so vividly … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Castle by Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka’s The Castle (Das Schloss), left intriguingly unfinished at his death in 1924 and posthumously published in 1926, offers a labyrinthine exploration of bureaucratic absurdity, alienation, and the elusive pursuit of authority. In this novel, Kafka refracts existential dread through the prism of an impenetrable administrative apparatus, underscoring the paradox that power, while omnipresent, remains ultimately … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Castle by Franz Kafka
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Trial by Franz Kafka
An Uneasy Descent into Absurdity: Franz Kafka’s The Trial (1925) stands as one of the most enigmatic—and harrowing—portraits of modern alienation. At once a parable of bureaucratic absurdity and an existential labyrinth, the novel thrusts its everyman protagonist, Josef K., into a system he neither understands nor controls. Kafka’s spare, unadorned prose belies the chaotic terror lurking in … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Trial by Franz Kafka
The New Renaissance Mindset 