The Castle by Franz Kafka - Stupendous

 The Castle by Franz Kafka


Stupendous

 

This is my second reading of The Castle.

What I listened to this morning is an adaptation, in an abridged format for the National Radio.

The Kafkaesque feeling was somewhat amplified, but not for a better effect, by the use of some modern sound effects.

Joseph K. is trapped in a surreal world, where he is called to make measurements, only to find that they are not required.

The Castle works like a mythological beast, with no regard for human dignity and with disregard for its own proclamations.

The bureaucracy is so infernal that it is next to impossible to find the proper individual at the right time.

It all works on rumors and hearsay, although some of the humans involved in this machinery may know how it works,

At times it does feel like some individuals have understood the workings of the wheels and they take advantage,

If a family does not listen to the bureaucrats in charge, then it is crushed by the barbaric system which looks like a totalitarian regime.

It can also be pure ineptitude.

From my own experience I have learned how a Kafkaesque system works.

Or better said it doesn’t, unless you are one of the ruthless, sadistic even drivers that get this Leviathan to roll all over you.

Speaking about Leviathan, the Russian movie with the same name is a superb description of another Castle.

This Kafkaesque situation takes place in deep Russia, where common people are destroyed by …Leviathan aka Kafkaesque tyranny.

In my own case, I will tell you about Kafka in real life-

I live in the first sector of Bucharest, in the EU.

Not far from my place, there is field where trucks come and throw thousands of tons of garbage.

I took the matter to the town hall, where they said they can do nothing, since the land is in private hands.

It turns out they were lying, because a huge mountain of earth is rising there, with photos posted by me on facebook, in a group called colegiul 1.

The earth comes from works for the subway and it could not be deposited in such industrial, huge quantities on someone’s land.

Trees have been cut down in their hundreds, when to take one down is illegal.

Sheep are roaming around the garbage, with cheese sold afterwards in Bucharest.

-          The result?

-          A possible epidemic

And we are talking about a capital in the European Union, but with a Kafkaesque administration, where nobody seems to care.

I explained the situation to the editor in chief of one of the TV channels that focus on news 24 hours a day-it even has 24 in its name.

The editor said

                – Wow, I will send a crew…will be able to show them around?

-          I will try

But they never came and his behavior continues to be taken out of Kafka, at the pool where I see him and wonder about his issues (the editor I mean).

I live in The Castle or nearby, in conclusion.

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