Comments on: Why Kafka Makes You Smarter http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: h@apo http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260/comment-page-1#comment-204829 h@apo Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:56:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35260#comment-204829 Just got back from Prague, and Kafka stuff was everywhere! The most abundant items seemed to be Kafka calendars ("spend a year with Kafka", boasted the signs). Do you think you wake up at the end of 365 days as a roach? Just got back from Prague, and Kafka stuff was everywhere! The most abundant items seemed to be Kafka calendars (“spend a year with Kafka”, boasted the signs). Do you think you wake up at the end of 365 days as a roach?

]]> By: Joel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260/comment-page-1#comment-204760 Joel Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:08:20 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35260#comment-204760 Oh and did anyone read "The Hunger Artist?" One of my favorite short stories in high school. Have at you, artsy-types! Oh and did anyone read “The Hunger Artist?” One of my favorite short stories in high school. Have at you, artsy-types!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260/comment-page-1#comment-204682 Jonathan Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:18:14 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35260#comment-204682 Meghan, Actually, Gregor Samsa’s family did notice that he turned into a giant vermin. His father mortally wounds him by throwing an apple into the side of Gregor’s insect-like body. Jonathan Ph.D. candidate in Germanistik (German Studies) Meghan,
Actually, Gregor Samsa’s family did notice that he turned into a giant vermin. His father mortally wounds him by throwing an apple into the side of Gregor’s insect-like body.
Jonathan
Ph.D. candidate in Germanistik (German Studies)

]]> By: Kate http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260/comment-page-1#comment-204648 Kate Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:21:32 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35260#comment-204648 Actually, my first assumption was the brains of those who read the original Kafka may have worked a bit harder to try to make sense of the story, and already had the juices flowing when they got to the exercise. Then again, I was an English major who knows so, so little about science. Actually, my first assumption was the brains of those who read the original Kafka may have worked a bit harder to try to make sense of the story, and already had the juices flowing when they got to the exercise.

Then again, I was an English major who knows so, so little about science.

]]> By: Hyacinth http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260/comment-page-1#comment-204576 Hyacinth Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:27:58 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35260#comment-204576 So maybe Dr. Seuss was onto something? Okay, not Kafka, but somewhat nonsensical stories that teach children well. So maybe Dr. Seuss was onto something? Okay, not Kafka, but somewhat nonsensical stories that teach children well.

]]> By: casual_observer http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35260/comment-page-1#comment-204535 casual_observer Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:11:52 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35260#comment-204535 i enjoy reading kafka. i discovered his work the first time i went on vacation as an adult - i needed something to read, so i went to the used book store and wandered around the classic section until i found a tattered copy of "the trial." i've been hooked ever since. i enjoy reading kafka. i discovered his work the first time i went on vacation as an adult – i needed something to read, so i went to the used book store and wandered around the classic section until i found a tattered copy of “the trial.” i’ve been hooked ever since.

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