Modern culture from Kafka and Eliot
Modern culture is perceived as an orthodox war that is; cool as well as tolerating and open for all. These are the pictures and representation of a culture any individual would want to be linked with. The interpretation of modern culture by Kafka is nevertheless one that is spineless of lack of self-conscious by human beings as far as spirituality and identity are concerned. The interpretation of modern culture is that the globe is undergoing change and that technology together with religion should embrace the change. Hence the majority of the people feel afraid of losing their prehistoric religious ways of life so as to allow a new and modern way of living.
Kafka was a proficient academic expert of his time. As from his childhood, he had an interest in writing by which majority of the people regard his writings as being a mystery and phenomena. When he was seventeen years of age, he had started his journey in writing. His critics together with themes have been far stretched from metamorphosis, existential, absurdity, bureaucratic marginality strength as well as identification. In a vigorous growing surrounding, we discover him as continually keen of noting and offering a critic in a properly laid out way on what he seemed as misleading as well as wanting. People at some point in life would wish of making their views heard but how many of them can be heard?.
As far as Kaka is concerned, the use of literature, as well as essay, allowed him to strike of several issues in Europe in what is taken currently as mystical writing which not all the people seem to understand (Harwood & Forlenza, n.d.). Kaka spoke in a voice that was constantly completely his way of addressing issues.
Capitalism is seen by way of the majority as the better way ahead in the direction of the destiny projections. In reality, several countries globally exercise capitalism. But capitalism itself is wanting in various aspects of its operations. For one, capitalism creates the world where cash is almost everything from happiness and which will get anything performed. The take is that without cash, you can’t be glad and to some extent, it is the truth. However, we can all prove that capitalism has resulted in the development of infrastructure as well as expansion in technology. No single individual could need to stay in the days where traveling a few miles would take days due to unreliable modes of shipping that is available on time. At point scenario, Kaka points out in his tour diaries an accident that he encountered in Paris France (Harwood & Forlenza, n.d.). As far as he is concerned, automobiles are easy to steer on asphalt surface but also harder to bring to a stop.
The irony nevertheless is that Kaka was well known of moving from general to more specific. People have in most instances appreciated vehicles, the role they play and how helpful they are in the current times and all this is due to capitalism. Kaka would utilize his words in a craft manner so as to point out on the other side of the argument. In this incident, the vehicle owner with raised palms represents the approaching automobile, the gathering crowd of the spectators and the arrival of the police who proceeds to write down a report of what has just happened. Unhappily, Kafka goes on to say that something has gone wrong with the police officer’s notes and he sees nothing additional. The spectators hope that the police officers would at long last bring order to the scene, but it is clearly in vain. The scene ends with the officer continuously scrutinizing what he has scribbled as well as trying to bring some order.
The subject matter of death appears too dominant on Kafka writings. The fact is that the interpretation of dying seems to arise regarding religion which he was known for criticizing as well as language and the society as a whole (EPSTEIN, 2013). The subject matter of death is not necessarily a superb one; in fact, majority of the people would rather not be related to that subject. As a Jew, Kafka appears to write the majority of his essays in a perspective of Jewish personhood. At one scene, he states that “impatience caused our expulsion from paradise “wherein he is truly relating to his Jewish counterparts extradition. Europe was converting pre to WWI, and much was taking place in the political and social norms. As human beings, we tend to love the trade, but we at some point are afraid of what the variation will convey ahead. For Kafka, he would portray his fears together with dissatisfaction via essay so as to enlighten the community to what he found as evil or wanting.
The society surrounding us is quick to change at some spot in our lives. Hence, a distressing warning concerning an impending danger might be inevitable. But be it the eradication of the cultural way of life as well as religion or language, at some point, such confusion by all yet not in a position of understanding. Hence it is significant to pass a point by the use of a metaphor where individuals are forced to make a comparison of themselves with the related items so as to have a succinct view of what is taking place in the society which is an interpretation by Kafka.
The world is ever changing, and at some point in life, people might be forced to change with it. Nevertheless, people must never at any one moment trade in religion culture of the pursuit of happiness so as to get a better way of living (EPSTEIN, 2013). Actual happiness can just be found by people reflecting their past, the present as well as how well they can create their future without having to destroy what has already been built as well as laid out by the forefathers. Nevertheless, as the society undergoes changes, individuals are bound to change with it thus making required adjustments as well as taking precautions of them to ensure that they do not tarnish their society in pursuit of better living.
References
EPSTEIN, J. (2013). Is Franz Kafka Overrated?.
Harwood, J. & Forlenza, R. Eliot to Derrida: The Poverty of Interpretation (1st ed.).