“In his lifetime he had experienced too much to have any uncertainty here”
In a world that strikes with such sharp force and leaves us feeling powerless, the most important response is not optimism. As Kafka’s characters demonstrate, what matters more is facing reality as it is, rather than drowning it in anxious fantasies.
“…the story ends with a refutation of the premise with which it began—that God created the world as a penal colony.”—Kurt J. Fickert