5-787: [REDACTED] Look up refusal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Refusal may refer to: " The Refusal ", a 1920 short story by Franz Kafka Refusals and runouts , a concept in equestrianism Refusal of work Refusal to deal Refusal of medical assistance Refusal skills Driven to refusal , an engineering/surveying term used in pile-driving See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "refusal" on Misplaced Pages. Refuse Refused All pages with titles beginning with Refusal All pages with titles containing Refusal Denial (disambiguation) Deny (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
10-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Refusal " The Refusal " (German: "Die Abweisung"), also known as " Unser Städtchen liegt … ", is a short story by Franz Kafka . Written in the autumn of 1920, it was not published in Kafka's lifetime. The story of "Die Abweisung" involves the narration of a young boy living in a small town that
15-417: Is fairly distanced from its capital. The boy reflects on how the town's inhabitants humbly submit to orders issued by the capital and are led by the tax-collector, a man with the rank of colonel. The boy goes into great detail describing the soldiers that uphold the tax-collectors law, and how they appear inhuman to the public and seem unable to speak their language. In times of crisis, the town always appeals to
20-419: The colonel for government aid, and if it is anything serious, it is always refused. The final paragraph describes the narrator's observation that it is due to this situation that '...young people roughly between seventeen and twenty,' begin to feel discontent and find revolutionary ideas because they are incapable of foreseeing the consequences." This article about a short story (or stories) published in
25-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Refusal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Refusal&oldid=1113378201 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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