Question

why did Kafka call his father abusive and narcissistic? was his father responsible for Kafka's failures?

Answer 1

Answer:

The experience gave Kafka his "overmastering sense of nothingness." It showed him that to his father he was "a nothing." He feared his father firstly because he could humiliate and belittle him, and did so with gusto.

Answer 2

Answer:

Kafka wrote "Letter to His Father" at the height of his conflict over marrying, which would be taking the parricidal step of equaling or surpassing his father The conflicts of aggression took the form of self-blame and guilt while inflicting upon his father the behavior his father disliked and turning the aggression on ...