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Based on the information in both passages, a reader could make the generalization that

(A)Kafka was not entirely confident in his work.
(B)As a writer, Kafka wasn't very good.
(C)Max Brod was a good friend of Kafka.
(D)The Kafka family did not enjoy his writing.


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Okay See readers we got a whole passage here on

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the friends kafka skimming here real quick And we'll see

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children confident little german jews and progress of bohemia Both

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german text log has been an insurance agency kingdom booking

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me and satisfied And it became a writer All right

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then Says cock only publish his works in lifetime Metamorphoses

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nineteen fifteen Hungary is twenty four In order the remaining

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in punishment will be destroyed Our zero okay the question

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based on the information in both passages a reader could

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make the generalization than what other That cafta was kind

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of weird and very happy But that's Not a choice

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here is it Even though he had an awesome name

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say it with us Kafka it seems old franz wasn't

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entirely sure It was meant to be remembered never quite

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having the guts to go all the way with his

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writing He instead juggled two jobs and only published a

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few works He even wanted the rest of his work

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destroyed after his death That sounds to us like someone

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who was not completely convinced of his own talent And

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in those days you could actually make a living as

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a writer like there was no tv and not much

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in the world of movies and all that all right

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what loser role here what what was not it Because

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a is the right answer here Well it's he coughed

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remains a well known writer to this day and yeah

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we know at the very least that his literary executor

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believed in him So the passage is not suggesting kafka

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was a poor writer like how many poor writers become

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legends with a famous work like the metamorphosis still read

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a hundred years later alright next While the only two

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details given about max brody are his occupation and his

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defiance of the late kafka's wishes so we can't assume

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and the two were old chums only know about the

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kafka family is their size and status And while there's

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no telling how the writers family felt about his work

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they don't mention in here anyway So the answer is

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a that's A kafka was not entirely confident in his 00:01:55.282 --> [endTime] work Alright we're smoked

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