Poseidon (short story)
"Poseidon" (German: "Poseidon") is a small piece of prose of Franz Kafka, written in 1920.
The sea god Poseidon is presented here as a disgruntled manager of the waters, which he does not really know.
History
In the fall of 1920, Kafka broke away from his lover
Plot
Poseidon is sitting at the desk and makes calculations on the waters he has to manage. For his work, he could rely on staff, but rather prefers to work on his own. He does not like his work but sees no alternative.
Poseidon laments that people imagine him constantly chauffeuring the waters with his trident. Instead, he sits in the depths of the oceans, doing continuous calculations and hardly ever seeing the sea. Only on his occasional trips to
Form
The short story consists of two paragraphs. The narrative perspective is not established and shifts between the paragraphs. An anonymous narrator tells the story, while an impersonal perspective by someone superior adds ironic comments.
The second paragraph is dominated by Poseidon's dissatisfaction, but again he is not the narrator.