How did Franz Kafka use limited third-person narration in The Judgment?

In The Judgment (Das Urteil), Franz Kafka employs a limited third-person narrative perspective to explore the complexities of human subjectivity and the limitations of individual perception.1

By presenting reality strictly through this restricted viewpoint, Kafka allows the reader to identify with the story's oppressed and passive protagonist. Simultaneously, this technique enables the reader to recognize that the protagonist's understanding of his situation is deeply flawed. This narrative approach serves to highlight the character's entrapment within his own perspective, a central theme in Kafka's work that reflects the broader Modernist concern with the problematic nature of knowledge and the individual's struggle against overwhelming, often inexplicable, forces of authority.1