Part 1 of Essay
After reading and rereading this short, yet deeply symbolic, parable several times, I have come to the conclusion that Kafka is equating the two aspects of illusion and reality. The parable seems to discredit our own senses by equating these two aspects. The illusion being how the trees smoothly rest on the surface of the ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... first sentence, the entire parable feels as though it is the opinion of the narrator. This fact poses a discrediting, of sort, to the validity of the parable. It may not hold true for each individual that is reading the parable, yet it seems to be reflective of the experiences of the narrator and no one else. These interpretations, though complicated and seemingly apparent, do not portray the atmosphere of the parable as adequately as I felt after I read it over and over again. Perhaps in the Parable’s simplicit ....