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“The Judgment” is a tale fraught with tension of a grown son and his elderly father. I honestly need to re-read this to know what to think.
— Jul 23, 2026 02:38AM
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Ian A Holcomb
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“In the Penal Colony” is a horrifying tale of state-sanctioned torture that, despite being written in 1914, reminds me of horrible atrocities from the Holocaust. Apparently Kafka wrote this as a reflection of himself being pulled between his desires of marriage and pursuing his art (in his mind, these were mutually exclusive).
— Jul 27, 2026 08:31AM
Ian A Holcomb
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“The Transformation,” probably better known by most as “The Metamorphosis” is a story I last read twenty years ago as required summer reading for AP English. It’s sadder than I remember, but the wry humor was lost on me the first time around.
— Jul 26, 2026 10:53AM
Ian A Holcomb
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Introduction and two very short, thought provoking stories, “Wish to Become an Indian” and “The Trees” complete.
— Jul 22, 2026 02:15AM