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exciting spectacle for the paying crowd: "His noble body, filled almost
to the bursting point with all that it needed, seemed to carry freedom
around with it too. Somewhere in his jaws it seemed to lurk; and the joy
of life streamed with such ardent passion from his throat that for the
onlookers it was difficult to bear the shock of it. But they braced themselves,
crowded around the cage, and were reluctant ever to move away"
(185).
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(Death)
References
Johannes R. Becher, Maschinenrhythmen. Berlin, 1926.
Berliner Volks-Zeitung.
Chronik 1926.: Tag fur Tag in Wort und Bild. Dortmund, 1985.
Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkunstler (1924). In Kafka, Die Erzahlungen. Frankfurt,
1961.
Klaus Wagenbach, Franz Kafka: Bilder aus seinem Leben. Berlin, 1983.