# The Deep Heart of Franz Kafka
## Part I: Kafka's Philosophy and Inner World
- **Kafka's Approach to Life**
- Follow intense obsessions mercilessly
- Don't conform to societal norms or logic
- Remain true to one's soul despite external pressures
- **Freedom and Isolation**
- "I am free, that is why I'm lost"
- Feeling of being perpetually against the world
- Chains of oppression only felt when attempting to move
- **Self-Reflection and Blame**
- Kafka's tendency to blame himself more than others
- Internal struggles with social life, friendships, and marriage
- Perpetual fear of relationships and commitment
## Part II: Kafka's External Conflicts
- **Family and Career Struggles**
- Father Hermann Kafka's disapproval of writing as a profession
- Long, exhausting job as an insurance clerk
- Examining dead bodies while yearning for creative expression
- **Writing Amidst Adversity**
- Crafting masterpieces like *The Trial* and *Metamorphosis*
- Requesting Max Brod to burn his scripts after death
- Max Brod's defiance in preserving Kafka's works
- **Kafkaesque Surrealism**
- Definition of "Kafkaesque": strange, confusing, oppressive, nightmarish situations
- Depiction of powerlessness against impersonal forces
- Reflection of Kafka's personal struggles in his novels
## Part III: Kafka's Legacy and Transformation
- **Kafka's Solitude**
- Need for solitude in writing: "like a dead man"
- Isolation as a necessity for creativity
- Transformation of inner pain into literary genius
- **Changing the World Through Writing**
- Inability to change the external world
- Choosing to transform something within his soul
- Eternal impact of his writings on readers and literature
- **The Deep Heart of Kafka**
- Seeing Kafka as a heart and soul rather than just a person
- Living a strange yet deep love despite feeling unloved
- Expression of his entire soul through his works