'Bystanders In Franz Kafka's A Fratricide'

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What would it be like to witness a murder? How would you react? Franz Kafka forces his readers to consider the concept of innocent bystanders in his short-story A Fratricide. The reader must think about what it means to do nothing when you witness something terrible, and whether that affects the bystander. In Kafka’s A Fratricide, the use of descriptive imagery combined with a cold tone makes the reader feel as if he were there, witnessing the murder just as Pallas is witnessing it, in order to make him question whether those who observe a crime are obligated to try to stop it. The imagery in A Fratricide allows readers to become immersed in the world of Schmar, Wese, Pallas, and Mrs. Wese. You feel a little put off, witnessing the knife-sharpening

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