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The Cares of a Family Man
"The Cares of a Family Man" ("Die Sorge des Hausvaters") is a short story by Franz Kafka about a creature called Odradek. The creature has drawn the attention of many philosophers and literary critics, who have all attempted to interpret its meaning. The story was written between 1914 and 1917. In 1919 it appeared in ''Ein Landarzt. Kleine Erzählungen'' (''A Country Doctor''), a collection of Kafka's short stories published by Kurt Wolff (Munich and Leipzig).〔Kafka, Franz. The Complete Stories. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. New York: Schocken Books, 1995. 473.〕
==Plot==
The story begins with a discussion of the unclear linguistic origin of the name Odradek, followed by a detailed description of the creature:
At first glance it looks like a flat star-shaped spool for thread, and indeed it does seem to have thread wound upon it; to be sure, they are only old, broken-off bits of thread, knotted and tangled together, of the most varied sorts and colors. But it is not only a spool, for a small wooden crossbar sticks out of the middle of the star, and another small rod is joined to that at a right angle.〔Kafka, 428.〕
The narrator goes on to describe the creature's other characteristics, including its habits, environment, and manner of conversation, and in the end wonders about the Odradek's future, and the painful notion that it might outlive him.〔Kafka, 427-429.〕
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