1. Literary Career “I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.” – Franz Kafka Work Cited "Franz Kafka Quotes." Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. Web. 06 Oct. 2011..

2. Works Cited: The goodreads. Goodreads Inc, 2011. www.goodreads.com/quotes/67118. 4 October 2011... Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. n.d. 4 October 2011. Greater Surbiton. Andreaso 4, by Andreasa Viklud. 5 October 2011. Literary Influences Franz Kafka “A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.” ― Franz Kafka  Dora Diamant  Berlin  distancing from family  Talmud  Peter Kropotkin  James Hawes  Jewish writing PPT By: Mina Saeed & Jose

3. “A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.” Andy Nguyen Oscar Guzman "Brainyquote." www.BrainyQuote.com. Google, n.d. Web. 4 Oct 2011. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/franz_kafka.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/franz_kafka.html parkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Metamorphosis.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. friday. 30 Sept. 2011. Hornek, Daniel. "Kafka-Franz." www.Kafka-Franz.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept 2011.. People use “Kafkaesque” to mean senseless and sinister complexity Extestentilast – focus on human emotions/rel. Not science based. Franz was considered one of the most important and influential in 20 th century (unique views) Ideas authoritian (felt that it was cruel and not understandable) Absurdist- absurdity of existence (humnan life) and finding reasons for everything.

4. Spotlight Metamorphosis Marissa Rodriguez Known as Franz Kafka’s masterpiece. Lends itself to psychological, sociological or existential interpretations. His writing is an odd mixture of startlingly dramatic images or situations. “Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.” – Franz Kafka Works Citied: “Franz Kafka-His Greatest Works-Guidance Notes” Mantax information Design. Web. 03 Oct 2011

5. "I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man." - Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle Kafka the Musical Kafka’s Trial -opera Le procès (1947), Kafka’s Dick (1986), Kafka’s Hell- Paradise (2006), Kafka’s Second Life (2007), Putapka (1982) Oscar winning short film- Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life Kafkaesque-” marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity” Works cited: The Works and Life of Franz Kafka. Oct. 4 th, 2011 Franz Kafka. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Oct. 4 th, 2011. Slide by Erika Liecker and Kevin Nguyen