Effective Use Of Direct Characterization In Kafka's Writing

General Comments:

Kafka tastefully develops every character with a distinctive purpose. The majority of the characters within the context of this novel are maturely developed in an effort by Kafka to enhance K.’s captivating, yet ambiguous story. Brief descriptions and curt introductions of characters are a thing of the past. Kafka expounds upon the personas of his characters by implementing vividly concrete detail in an attempt to amplify their believability. Additionally, he advances his characters individualistic personalities through his excessive use of direct characterization. Ultimately, while Kafka does use direct characterization in his writing, his writing is largely dominated by his use of indirect characterization. In an attempt

Furthermore, Kafka’s sentences are predominately complex and drawn-out. Multiple dependent clauses in one sentence are a frequent reoccurrences throughout the Trial. Complex sentence structure became a prominent characteristic of his writing.

As a result of this adapted writing style, Kafka’s symbolic writing ultimately suffers because it lacks brevity and conciseness. Unfortunately, Kafka’s immense description and length frequently confuses the reader more than it benefits them. As a reader myself, I personally struggle with identifying exactly what parts of his sentences – his message in general- are of significance.

Moreover, Kafka’s prose often lacks formality. Throughout the majority of the text, Kafka has an idiosyncratic penchant for breaking the conventional rules of grammar. “And” and “But” are often implemented as sentence starters and disregarded run-ons are prevalent as well. Once Kafka initiates a sentence, it seems to go on for far too many lines. As a result, the sentences are vague in their intentions. Nevertheless, for the most part, overwhelming sentence fragments, as insignificant as they are, served as distractions through the

The rhetorical questions employed truly conveyed the extent of which the K.’s internal struggles affected his emotional and mentally well-being. The rhetorical questions gave a plethora of insight into K.’s emotional stability as the trial progressed.

Kafka employs parallel structure throughout his piece. A periodic sentence structure is also implemented as well. There is typically an established subject and verb towards the end of a sentence-of course- directly following a dependent clause.

Long, longer, and longest are three words I would use to characterize Kafka’s sentences. Whether compound or compound-complex, Kafka’s descriptive prose seems to go on for eternity. With that said, Kafka hardly ever diverts from his adapted style of complex sentence