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Allegories of obscure characters engulf the imagination of the reader, as their minds go into over load while trying to comprehend the cast and plot of the novels created in the brilliant minds of Franz Kafka’s, The Trial and Charles Dickens’, Hard Times. ... The Trial being written during the beginning of World War 1 shows the character K (A Utilitarianist) struggling with a Totalitarian regime. As with Kafka we can see modernity flowing in the description of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times where nineteenth century England, is being dehumanised by the industrial revolution. It is obvious to see these hardships of their times being portrayed in these novels The Trial and Hard Times. ... Hard Times is set in a fictional city called Coketown, taking its name from Coke or treated coal that powered the cities factories. ... Hard Times can be classified as an “Industrial novel” and clearly, it does deal with the faults of industrialization, but it is also more than that, as Dickens focus’s his attention on the topics of education, and Utilitarianism. ... Or “vassals” stated by Bounderby which is defined as “as person who is in a position that is subordinate, lowly, servile, slavish, etc” With these slaves being raised in Hard Times we too see them in the fictional world. ...
In a similar vein, Franz Kafka in his novel The Trial also examines reactions to the changes and challenges of modern times. ... The Trial, which was written during the beginning of World War 1, portrays a certain Totalitarian upheaval amongst its characters, along with the settings both of which are grotesquely manipulated. ... These court sessions were often intimidating, and had the power to control the intellectual life of the individual on trial “an experiment, a term not unknown to the Nazi vocabulary of concentration camp medicine. Totalitarianism held mock trials such as Joseph K had in The Trial.
Approximate Word count = 1529
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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