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Name:史珍学号：1125010219

Date:20/6/2012

Book report—The castle

The castle is a long novel written by Franz Kafka ,an Austrian novelist. Born in the Jewish merchant family, 18-year-old into the University of Prague learning about literature and the law, began writing in 1904, main works of four collections of short stories and three novels. Unfortunately, mostly unpublished during his lifetime, three ministers have not been finished articles.

This novel tell us a story about K ,who was a new arrival from outdoors appoint-ed to be the land surveyor by the Authorities in the castle .He had a long walk through the snow and arrived in the late evening . It was in a inn that K met all kinds of people.

They are all peasant struggling at the very bottom of the society , similar to K at some point .Unfortunately , The Council Chairman informs K. that, through a mix up in communication between the castle and the village , he was erroneously requested but, trying to accommodate K., the Council Chairman offers him a position in the service of the school teacher as a janitor. Meanwhile, K., unfamiliar with the customs , bureaucracy and processes of the village , continues to attempt to reach the official Klamm , who is not accessible. Although the castle is very close, he tried many ways to went into it . In order to go into the castle to met Klamm, he did not hesitate to seduce the mistress of the castle officials . But however hard he tried ,he can not go into the castle's. K was very exhausted and he did not go to castle till he died. However some book said that K received an announcement before he died. Although he lacked the legal evidence to live here, all things considered, he was allowed to live and work in the castle. That is all about the content of the novel.

After reading the novel ,many things appeared in my mind. Actually ,this novel described us the opposition between us ordinary people and authorities .Some medicine can cure and some can kill, this is true of medicine, it is also true of man’s

power. Guarded in front of administrative authorities, in front of the social relations of extreme bureaucracy and choking, the common desire of the ordinary people often reach no results. As far as we are concerned ,This is a shabby ,dilapidated castle, but it is important for the labors. The castle is a symbol of abstracted idea. Not only the castle is unreal ,but also the story and the characters. What’s more, the character and the environment are not so typical, but the detailed description of the authenticity remains respected. Going into the castle is also a symbol of pursuing good

things .There are many castles in our life which we can not reach. we were always regarded as a kind of castle which is so-called our own small space. It is reasonable for a person who was exposed to the outside world want to do something big to break one day.But it is not easy for an ordinary people accepted by a big city without any relation with authories. We can meet trouble, but we can not stop and give up our dream. We can not do everything, but we can do something. At least we have courage, bravery, confidence and persistence. K is neither optimistic nor negative, he is just doing one thing he felt it worth doing. Even though there was no one believed that he could achieve his dream,. but he insisted doing it .In the book, he said that one should do his best to go further, especially when he was at the bottom of the society. From

K ,we can learn a lot. Belief, a creation of human's wise always plays an important role in human's society. As a saying goes：“ If one's mind is full，it won't be filled with any bad idea.” Anyone who has strong beliefs can enjoy a colorful life. Otherwise，he will lose himself in his way of life.Beliefs are so important that it can change one's fate. Everyone has his dreams, but not all these dreams can come true. People give up their dreams for this or that reason. Those whose dreams become true have at least one thing in common, that is they always hold fast to their dreams. Hold fast to your dreams, no matter how big or small they are. The path to dream may not be smooth and wide, even some sacrifices are needed, but hold on to the end, you still find there is no greater happiness than making your dream come true.

We often hear people say, Never give up. These can be encouraging words and words of determination, A person who believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination