User:Jimsteele9999/Advocates(Kafka)

Advocates is a short story by Franz Kafka. It is comprised of a series of fragments.

Analysis
Although a story fragment, the piece has considerable importance because it contains many parables. The narrator details, in a dreamlike state, that he cannot decide where he is. He may be in a law court, due to the familiar droning noise, but he may not. He does not recognize any of the faces around them, mostly women. He considers leaving, but that may lead him further away from where he must be. If he stays, however, he may be wasting time. Alas, he advises the reader never to "...stop climbing...the stairs won't end, under your climbing feet they will go on growing upwards."

This last line can be interpreted as advising the reader to never cease fighting for what is necessary, no matter the obstacles or lack of resources available.