The way home

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The way home is a story by Franz Kafka that appeared in 1913 as part of the anthology Consideration . She describes a fantastic feeling that is lost when the narrator arrives at home in his room.

content

A first-person narrator is in high spirits on the way home. He feels at one with his surroundings, his city, the lovers. He feels so favored by fate that he has to blame it for injustice. But when he steps into his room, he becomes pensive without having experienced anything worth thinking about. It stays that way when he opens the window and plays music outside.

Text analysis and interpretation approach

The narrator is in a euphoric mood. Everything is related to him, he sees himself responsible for everything that happens around him and he feels an emotional connection with everything. You could also say that he feels pathologically manic . This mood is very unusual in a Kafka figure. The identification with the lovers and the clear naming of the various sexually occupied places where lovers meet is also unusual. But the euphoria subsides when he steps into his room. It also doesn't help that he reconnects to the outside by opening the window. Being alone in his room brings him back to normal.

The small prose sketch describes the opposite sequence of the story The sudden walk . In both cases, the outdoors is said to have a beneficial effect, while being at home is described as paralyzing.

expenditure

Secondary literature

Web links

Wikisource: The Way Home  - Sources and Full Texts