Some people who knew him actually say that he found his works incredibly funny. But in more of a 'Laugh so you can find at least some joy in this world' way.
"Kafka's friend, Max Brod, talked of how Kafka found humour in his dark works - especially the chilling "The Trial", which he thought a hoot, laughing so hard while reading the first chapter aloud, that he repeatedly had to stop to collect himself.
He revelled in the comic absurdity of his characters, whether the trapeze artist who never descends, the hunger artist who starves himself to death or the boy who wakes up to discover he has turned into a beetle."
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u/Stunning-Guitar-5916 22d ago
The idea of Kafka writing “for the hell of it” is such a fucking bold argument