Criticism on story The Last Judgment by Karel Capek

The Last Judgment

                 This story is an example of modernism theory. The author Karel Capek is a pragmatist and the one who is a devotee of modern life and technology, he sneered at everything that seemed old-fashioned and conservative The author contradicts the belief of people on God as the judge of heaven and that He will be the one to judge if we deserve heaven or hell. From this, we can see how Fedinand Kugler, a notorious killer, was judged after death and recall his deeds in earth through God’s eyes. In this story, it is very definite how the author tries to promote a fiction story in a complex yet interesting way. He used dramatic presentation as a narrative device. The theme of the story reveals heavenly justice and the consequences of man's actions. The conflict unlike other stories was external, Kugler struggles for his life, escaping the law of man, his struggles from the justice of heaven. From the theory, we will notice that the author emphasized the role of God, he made an effort on portraying God differently and that made an affect on the whole story. The message or the theme of the story contest or somehow contradicts our beliefs and from that the author was successful in achieving his purpose and conveying his idea.