The “Kaspar” text shows how a relationship where one person isn’t aware or just doesn’t care about the feelings and thoughts of the other person has a negative impact on the person because of how the man in black ordered and forced Kaspar to doing things like writing and walking regardless of how much it was physically hurting him. The man in black begins by teaching Kaspar how to read and write, and later how to walk and how to say “I want to be a horseman like my father was.” Throughout the whole experience it’s clear that he doesn’t understand what is going on, just that his feet and eyes are in a lot of pain. The man in black gets him to do all of these things by using the “horse” against him, which has been his only companion in his life. Even though the man in black is teaching him new things, Kaspar has no voice in any of it and he is unable to speak up for himself and therefore has no choice but to do everything he is told. The man in black knows this but continues to push him to do all of these things, even though it seems likely that Kaspar would have been much happier if he were still in the same room he’d been in.
Kaspar
April 2, 2016 Written by v.rodriguez | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized
1 response so far ↓
JMERLE // Apr 2nd 2016 at 11:54 am
Yes, you rightly observe that much of this piece, which is seemingly about one isolated individual, is also very much about our connections (or lack of connection) with each other. Who was, most likely, after all, the “man in black”? Think about the idea of connection in relationship to Gregor’s own connections (or lack of) in “The Metamorphosis.”
You must log in to post a comment.