Kafka and Alienation

(Please see The Corpse by Joshua Gonzalez aka NeonFx) Kafkaesque: Alienation To be alienated is to be separated from a society because of differences between one's being and that of an average person of that society, or because of differences between one's ideas and morals to those of the collective mind. Franz Kafka's works have been recognized as symbolizing man's alienation and/or prosecution in an indifferent world. The Metamorphosis(1915) and The Hunger Artist(1924) by …

…at times. Also, for an even further understanding of alienation, you might want to look into writings by Karl Marx, another kafkaesque person and writer. Alienation is a main aspect of the kafkaesque in our world. And kafkaesque events happen all the time, just as alienation occurs all the time, we just don't keep an eye out for them. Kafka did a great job in demonstrating how alienation is an important topic in our society.