Quote by Franz Kafka

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out of me than the one I became. It is for the harm, therefore, that my educators could have done me in accordance with their intentions that I reproach them; I demand from their hands the person I now am, and since they cannot give him to me, I make of my reproach and laughter a drumbeat sounding in the world beyond.

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Summary

In this quote, the individual reflects on their education, claiming that it aimed to mold them into someone different from who they have become. They blame their educators for the potential harm this might have caused, demanding that they be given the person they have evolved into. As their educators cannot meet this demand, the person turns their reproach and amusement into a resounding drumbeat for the world to hear. This quote highlights the individual's dissatisfaction with how their education shaped them and their defiance in embracing their true self despite it.

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