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"The Castle" is Kafka's most distinctive and important novel: Land surveyor K was ordered to take up a post in a certain city, but was unexpectedly blocked outside the castle gate. Therefore, the protagonist K and the castle authorities launched a long and cumbersome tug-of-war over whether to enter the castle. The castle is located on a hill in front of us, but it is just out of reach; it is so cold and majestic, like a giant beast looking down at K; it represents a huge bureaucracy with a strict hierarchy, countless departments and countless officials, but there are countless documents that have been gathered there, unattended and unprocessed for many years. Faced with this powerful castle, K was helpless and did not enter the castle until the end, nor did he see the castle authority. The novel is shrouded in a mysterious and nightmarish atmosphere from beginning to end, with profound implications and endless evocative meanings.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924), one of the greatest Austrian writers, has had an influence all over the world and is respected as a master of modern literature. Born in Prague during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he worked as an insurance company employee and engaged in creative writing in his spare time. He was almost unknown in the German literary world during his lifetime. After his death, he attracted widespread attention and became the focus of fierce debates in aesthetics, philosophy, religion and social concepts. This book includes the author's most outstanding short stories and short stories such as "Country Doctor".

"The Missing" is Kafka's first novel. It tells the story of the protagonist Karl who was seduced by a middle-aged maid at the age of 16 and gave birth to a child with her. His father angrily kicked him out of the house. He wandered to the United States alone and became a master with the help of his rich uncle. However, he went against his uncle's wishes and associated with the "bad guys". He had a fierce relationship with two tramps and became someone else's servant and an errand boy in a brothel. The novel is full of comedy and makes people laugh. "Proceedings" is the author's earliest known novel. It exposes the judicial insiders of the dark society and the corrupt bureaucracy: Bank assistant K is an upright, diligent and capable man, but he was suddenly arrested on his 30th birthday. He felt that the matter was absurd and It's also funny. After many inquiries, he learned that there was a court investigating him; he tried to seek help from the people around him, but no one paid attention; seeking a defense was in vain, and he was helpless... The plot of the novel is confusing and thought-provoking.

On the morning of Joseph K.'S 30th birthday, he was arrested by two strangers who broke into his home. But K. Did not know his crime and did not lose his personal freedom. He just needed to be tried regularly. During this year, K. Traveled around for this difficult lawsuit. He turned to painters, businessmen, lawyers, priests, etc., And obtained a lot of information about the courts and the law. However, the more K. Knew, the more confused and helpless he felt. On the eve of his 32nd birthday, K. Was arrested again and the trial came to an end.

A person, a worm. A person carrying the burden of life, an insect carrying a heavy body. When a person carrying a heavy burden suddenly turns into an insect wearing a shell one day, will the burden in his heart be relieved? When the man who became a bug looked at the world with "bug eyes," what did he see? The novel "Metamorphosis" gives the answers to these questions, which makes people sigh after reading it. The author of "The Metamorphosis" is the Austrian novelist Franz Kafka. He is known as the "pioneer of modern literature". The first person who can be compared with Dante, Shakespeare and Goethe is Kafka.

"The Missing Man" is Kafka's novel (published in 1927). It tells the story of a boy named Karl Huysmans. When he was sixteen, he was kicked out of the house by his parents because he was seduced by a maid, and he lived alone in the United States. Carl is innocent, kind and compassionate. Egoists and swindlers of all stripes took advantage of Karl's gullibility, and he was often fooled. He seeks a place to live and freedom, but becomes increasingly trapped in a Kafkaesque labyrinth world.

"Castle" tells the story of land surveyor K who was ordered to take up a post in a certain city. He traveled a long distance, but was unexpectedly blocked outside the castle gate. In order to prove the legitimacy of his existence, K went to great lengths to ask the village chief about his employment, but he could not find a real employment letter. He seduced Frieda, the mistress of the castle official Kramm, and wanted to know more about Kramm. However, under the influence of several events, Frieda alienated him. He managed to get acquainted with the messenger Barnabas and his family, but they still had no way to turn to others and how could they help others. He waited for Klamm in the snowy night, hoping to talk to Klamm face to face, but in the end it was Klamm's secretary who came... The castle is located on a hill, but it is out of reach. Facing this powerful castle, K was helpless and failed to enter the castle in the end. K in the novel is like a lost lamb. He has no identity, no relatives, and no real friends. It seems that the entire village is full of hostility towards him, and he has never gained the trust of the castle authorities.