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The Significant Expressions of Distrust and Pessimism to the Police in Franz Kafka’s Give It Up!

DOI: 10.59435/gjmi.v2i3.399 Year: 2024 Pages: 1-15 (Vol. 2, No. 3) Views: 2
Authors & Researchers
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Dewangga, Diandra Parta Wisnu Universitas Dr. Soetomo Surabaya1
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Wijaya, Kusuma Universitas Dr. Soetomo Surabaya2
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Shamad, Dzil Fikris Universitas Dr. Soetomo Surabaya3
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Ananta, Bintang Ryan Universitas Dr. Soetomo Surabaya4
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Marharendra, Ahmad Maulana Universitas Dr. Soetomo Surabaya5
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Pasopati, Rommel Utungga Universitas Dr. Soetomo Surabaya6

Abstract

This paper investigates matters of district and pessimism to the police in Franz Kafka’s flash fiction entitled Give It Up!. The story is about a walker who gets lost on a town street and then asks a policeman to find the route to his destination. Unexpectedly, the policeman told the man to give up looking for the path while turning away and laughing. This story reflects the author's expression of distrust then leads to a state of pessimism either as a philosophical doctrine or as a psychological mentality. In analysis through qualitative method, the figure of the police is an analogy of how the attitude of distrust emerged and developed into a form of pessimism especially to public apparatus. In conclusion, distrust and pessimism are not ex nihilo, but such reaction of any ignorance from public apparatus to any civilian.