Fellowship
By:Franz Kafka
About the Author
Franz Kafka
source:
http://www.biography.com/people/franz-kafka-9359401?page=1
- Born on July 3, 1883, in Prague, capital of what is now the Czech Republic, writer Franz Kafka grew up in a middle-class Jewish family.
- After studying law at the University of Prague, he worked in insurance and wrote in the evenings.
- In 1923, he moved to Berlin to focus on writing, but died of tuberculosis shortly after. His friend Max Brod published most of his work posthumously, such as Amerika and The Castle.
- His inhibitions and insecurities plagued his relationships, and twice he was engaged to marry his girlfriend, Felice Bauer, before the two finally went their separate ways in 1917.
- He tried to overcome his tuberculosis so Kafka traveled to Vienna for treatment at a sanatorium, but died in Kierling, Austria, on June 3, 1924.
source:
http://www.biography.com/people/franz-kafka-9359401?page=1
Prereading reflection
Why might a group of friends stick together?
A group of friends can stick together for maybe a lifetime if they really have this strong connection or bond. Yes, sometime they'll fight over who's going to be the leader of the group or some other things, but that's okay because friends usually will have a conflicts among each other. Henceforth, a group of friends stick together because of their brotherhood or their pact.
Why might a group of friends exclude someone from joining them?
A group of friends exclude someone from joining them is because it will take too much work catching up on what they do, his/her personality, or etc. In ignorance, the five friends would do this also because they could be the brats group and they want to be jerks and keep excluding him/her, or the sixth guy is being a jerk by trying to persistently associate with them just to be annoying.
A group of friends can stick together for maybe a lifetime if they really have this strong connection or bond. Yes, sometime they'll fight over who's going to be the leader of the group or some other things, but that's okay because friends usually will have a conflicts among each other. Henceforth, a group of friends stick together because of their brotherhood or their pact.
Why might a group of friends exclude someone from joining them?
A group of friends exclude someone from joining them is because it will take too much work catching up on what they do, his/her personality, or etc. In ignorance, the five friends would do this also because they could be the brats group and they want to be jerks and keep excluding him/her, or the sixth guy is being a jerk by trying to persistently associate with them just to be annoying.
Vocabulary
- The term intrude can be defined as to interrupt where one is not welcomed as used in the sentence, "He doesn't do us any harm, but he annoys us, and that is harm enough; why does he intrude where he is not wanted?" (p.87)
- The term tolerated can be defined as allow as used in the sentence, " There was a time, of course, when the five of us did not know on another, either; and it could be said that we still don't know one another, but what is possible and can be tolerated by the five of us is not possible and cannot be tolerated with this sixth one." ( Page 87 )
- The term pout can be defined as sulky, petulant annoyance as used in the sentence, "No matter how he pouts his lips wwe push him away with our elbows, nut however much we push him away, he comes back."" (p.88)
Compare and contrast ideas
The author wants us to be SYMPATHETIC of the five for not including the sixth
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The author wants us to be CRITICAL of the five for not including the sixth
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