probably a substitute for a curse word.
shareWell he could be referring to the author who wrote The Metamorphosis...about someone who turns into a giant bug.
Perhaps it means 'nonsense,' like someone turning into a giant bug.
Great book though...no disrespect.
"Last survivor of the Nostromo...signing off..."
I took it to mean bullsit
shareA chuckle about the other replies... :-)....
The reference of "Kafka" is about the Austrian-Hungarian author, Franz Kafka. He wrote (incomplete) books/manuscripts (ultimately) about tyranny goverments oppressing common people.
Because of their situation (and the oppression), the character uses the line ".. pure Kafka..".
A common derivative of Kafka's works is the descriptive "Kafkaesque".
(nightmarish).
Don't quote me 100% on my post, this is off-the-cuff, but that's the gist of it...
Cheers,
Kris
I chuckled too, apparently Kafka isn't studied much anymore.
Anitric2000 & Microbit, I agree with you and take it one step further:
Not "The Metamorphosis" (a fantastic story in itself!), but another one of Kafka's most famous books was "The Trial" in which a man is accused and persecuted of a crime by an authority he cannot appeal to, comprehend, or reason with; nor is his crime ever explained.
Something along the lines of what the character was feeling at that moment while detained without understanding why, or by who...
It's the subject of an Orson Wells movie "The Trial" from 1962.
For anyone interested in more, just google "Kafka". He's pretty famous...
A bureaucratic nightmare.
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THATS the funny part of that line...........got some brainiacs there....
share"WHO IS KAFKA? TELL ME!"
What bothered me is using "who". Kafka would more likely be a "what" than a "who" as used in tht context...especially if you never heard the word before.
He should have said "WHAT IS KAFKA? TELL ME!"
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Its threads like these that make me weep for the human race.
I never once read anything by Franz Kafka and even I easily understood that scene. Even more pathetic were the people that misunderstood and offered up absurd theories.
People are so uneducated and unworldly.
There's only one party worse than this: the Donner party-and they had better food!
People are so uneducated and unworldly.
So you'd rather they remain ignorant and never ask questions? How enlightened. Next time, I won't ask about The Tale of Genji or the Babad Tanah Jawa, because I'm supposed to know already.
So you'd rather they remain ignorant and never ask questions?
Well earlier you were lamenting the intellectual demise of humanity, simply because some of us haven't a clue about Kafka. But we all start from ignorance; how can I ever know about Kafka if I don't start asking questions about him?
shareYou wouldn't have to ask questions if you simply payed attention in class.
Hopefully, passerby will learn from your mistake.
There was only one man who could do magic-and he was from Jerusalem not Hogwarts!
We were never taught about Kafka at school... but according to you, there should be an international curriculum imposed on every school in the world, wherein failure to teach about Kafka renders the pupils as good as idiots.
shareHe's right. Kafka is rarely taught outside of college level courses.
\m/
Yes, even when I was in High School back in the mid 90's, Kafka was not taught. I actually saw the film Kafka as a child and that is the only reason I know the works of Franz Kafka.
I'm just a guy that likes horror flicks.
this entire thread is pure kafka
shareI thought the character 'Richard', mumbled..."This is pure Kaka" meaning the detention of them all for no reason was B.S.. Like many Americans in foreign lands have discovered, he does not realize that he is subject to the laws of any country he is in and his 'American rights' are usually worth nothing.
The interrogator misunderstood the phrase as 'Kafka', which I also assumed to be some form of insult to an African or at least to those in that region.
R U Serious?
Reference was already explained.
Actually there are about 30 guesses of what the interrogator might have been thinking the guy said. One of them I agree with by microbit... that it was about an author named Franz Kafka. Since I had never heard of him until now and apparently had missed the reference when I first posted my reply.Apparently there were several who did the same as I. I do believe that the young prisoner actually stated "This is pure Kaka", meaning B.S., but was misunderstood by the interrogator. I also stated that my original understanding of the statement by the interrogator was an assumption. People are still allowed to guess or assume things these days I do believe.
shareAsking the question out of ignorance is never a problem. Answering the question out of ignorance on the other hand....
"De gustibus non disputandum est"
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I stated my OPINION of what the Prisoner said and that it seemed to be misunderstood by the interrogator or 'guard'. I do believe that it is still OK for readers to have differing opinions and provide input without snide insults from others. You really do need to just get over yourself. That rapier wit just might cut someone. I'm sure you feel the need to have the last insult, so go ahead. You will get no further response from me.
"Spend each day as if it were your last, for someday you will surely be right"
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