The oneiric mood and unreal atmosphere of Kafka's writing lend themselves to interpretation. Many meanings and symbols have been uncovered, though a 'definitive' interpretation remains to be given. Grant indicates some features of Kafka's personality and writing that have meaning for the clinical psychologist and the psychiatrist. He calls attention to certain stories, diaries, and other writings with particular reference to the relation of conflict caused by guilt and the paranoid syndrome expressed in productions suggestive of a borderline psychosis.