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Published: 21.04.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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The title of Kafka's piece The Judgment refers to the father's sentencing his adult son, Georg to "death by drowning". The connection between the title of the piece and its ultimate sentence is a symbolic one. The symbolic relationship lies in the father demonstrating to Georg that he is not 'the center of the universe' and that his death will go unnoticed.
In the 67th paragraph of the The Judgement, the father accuses Georg of being too self centered. "So now you now what else there was in the world besides yourself, till now you've known only about yourself!" After which he sentences Georg, "I sentence you now to death by drowning". Georg without contesting the fathers sentence runs out of the house, halfway over a bridge, swings himself over the railing and as a truck approaches to cover the noise of his drop, lets go of the railing. …

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