sponding to his loss of control and "yearning" to the sexual desire that Johanna has imposed upon him (Kafka 29).
In the chronology of Karl's life, as per Kafka, the stoker is the next person after Johanna that confines Karl. Confining objects exist here as well: "the wretched cubbyhole in which a bunk, a cupboard, a chair and the [stoker] were packed together." The "cubbyhole" conjures an image of a r
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