Franz Kafka

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Franz Kafka
Artists of novels Born 7-3-1883 Died 6-3-1924
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Kafka, born and raised in Prague

• St. Vitus Cathedral or Prague Castle located in
  the center of the City

• The Prague town square

• The Charles Bridge crossing the Vltava river that
  crosses through Prague

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• Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in Prague in the
  Ottoman Empire to Herman and Julie Kafka
• Prague has the Vltava river flowing through it
  and is the capital of the Czech republic.
• Prague has the largest castle in the world,
  which is the St. Vitus Cathedral/Castle

The Prague coat of Arms
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Kafka's Early Life

• Kafka was born into a financially steady family
  in Prague in 1883
• Kafka was the first of six children in that
  generation of Kafkas
• Kafka had his Bar Mitzvah at the age of 13 in
  1896
• Kafka was accepted to Charles University of
  Prague to study Law
• He first started work out of the University at an
  Italian insurance agency where he had to work
  from 8 P.M. to 6 A.M.

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Kafka's later life

• In 1912 at his best friend Max Brods house he
  met Felice Bauer who Kafka in modern terms dated
  for five years until the relationship ended in
  1917
• In late 1917 he obtained tuberculosis, which
  would stay with him for the remainder of his
  life.
• In early 1920 he got involved (romantically)
  with a Czech journalist and that ended in 1923.
• He then moved to Berlin briefly to focus on his
  writing and be away from his family.
• In Berlin, he lived with a 25 year old
  kindergarten teacher named Dora Diamant and she
  became his lover until he died a little over a
  year later .

Kafka and Bauer
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Kafka's Literary works

• Kafka never actually had any of his works
  published before he died.
• The Person who published his works was Kafkas
  close personal friend Max Brod.
• The Metamorphosis (pictured right) was considered
  to be Kafkas only finished novel.
• He did have several short stories though
  including
• Description of a Struggle inspired by the statue
  to the right
• a Hunger Artist
• and a Country doctor just to name a few of his
  many short stories.

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The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis revolves around a man named
Gregor Samsa who one morning awakes to feel
changed as if a metamorphosis took place. He
confirms this when he sees many legs waving in
the air to find that theyre his. He stuffs that
in the back of his mind and refuses to
acknowledge that it had happened. Throughout the
rest of the story he goes through his life being
more and more of an outcast even to his family
who near the end of the book refuse to
acknowledge his exsistence.
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Post-death Appreciation

• In 1991 a movie called Kafka was made that
  portrayed Kafkas life
• In 1993 another movie was made called Franz
  Kafkas Metamorphosis visualizing his novel.

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