In literature, irony refers to an instance of something happening that is the opposite of what is expected. How is the official's death an example of irony?
From information in the story, produce a diagram of the execution machine.
Gershom Scholem, historian of Jewish mysticism, has identified Kafka as a neo-kabbalist. Find out what you can about kabbalah and identify two ways.....
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