Hawes suggests that Kafka, though very aware of his own Jewishness, did not incorporate it into his work, which, according to Hawes, lacks Jewish characters, scenes or themes.
Hawes sugerira da Kafka, makar iznimno svjestan svog židovstva, nije inkorporirao te elemente u svojim djelima, kojima, prema Hawesu, nedostaje židovskih likova, scena ili tema.