Brendan Michalicek Mrs. Burns Honors English / Pre IB 19 September 2010 If Gregor never died. If Gregor had never died‚ the end of the story “” would be a little different. The story might go something like this. “ My family is breaking apart. My mother loves me but can’t stand me. My sister has tried to forget about me‚ and my dad just hates me. I have ruined everyone’s lives‚ and I can’t take it anymore‚ no one can. I could always take the easy way out and curl up in a ball in the
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imprisoned by new changes because they haven’t adapted change. In the short story‚ Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka Gregor experienced imprisonment before he even transformed into a big bug. Gregor’s change made him emotionally and physically separated from his family members. In the story‚ he even refers to his change as his “imprisonment.” Also‚ with the new transformation that Gregor is experiencing this made him feel useless to his family since he couldn’t provide anymore. Kafka shows us that people
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the transformation Grete is the only one who seems to have the decency to even feed Gregor‚ “And out of a sense of delicacy‚ since she knew that Gregor would not eat in front of her‚ she left hurriedly and even turned the key‚ just so that Gregor should know that he might make himself as comfortable as he wanted” (26). Throughout the novel the family’s situation grows worse and they are heavily burdened by Gregor‚ Grete accepts the more realistic view of putting her own needs above that of Gregor’s
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picture becomes a beacon for Gregor‚ as a way to hold on to his former humanity. As Gregor’s mother and Grete clear out Gregor’s room to make it more suitable for his changed form‚ Gregor becomes agitated and anxious. He watches as they move various pieces of furniture‚ such as his desk and a chest of drawers. Suddenly he “broke out”. It says in lines 29 through 30‚ that he “changed his course four times‚ he didn’t really know what to salvage first”‚ showing that Gregor wanted to salvage more‚ but
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Outsider‚ Meursault‚ and the protagonist in Metamorphosis‚ Gregor are very similar. In the introductions of both stories‚ we get a glimpse at what the is like for them and their families: both are faced with kin that can be viewed in a negative light. After morphing into a bug overnight‚ Gregor is met with a family that is reproached by his transformation and his mere presence brings dramatic emotional trauma to his family member. Gregor refuses the open the door to his family when they are outside
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they actually force others to conform‚ such as students in school uniform. Gregor strives to show his true identity to his family‚ out of fear that they will disown him both as a son and from society. Striving to show identity is shown through the character of Gregor in Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis.’ Gregor is almost disowned as a son after his radical transformation into ‘A…Vermin.’ During the rest of the story Gregor tries at the best of his ability to show to his parents that it is his soul
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causes serious consequences leading to alienation and discrimination within a society like the lonesome raindrops‚ aloof and out of the world’s reach. Meursault‚ the protagonist in The Stranger‚ encounters a dilemma different than the anti-hero‚ Gregor Samsa‚ from The Metamorphosis does. As the main character transforms from a human being into a dung beetle or "vermin‚" it brings forth the question of physical versus emotional transformation. Although Gregor’s metamorphosis helps him discover his
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enriching experience”. In the Metamorphosis‚ Gregor experiences a form of exile not in the way of not being able to go to his country but to his family and people. Franz Kafka wrote the metamorphosis that had a normal man named Gregor wake up one day and realize that he had been morphed or transformed into a sort of bug. Kafka describes even in the beginning of the story the setting of Gregor’s room that only has a bed‚ blanket‚ and table. It shows how Gregor in a way was exiled from the world by only
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from Spiderman starts to prove the idea of alienation from the beginning of the movie before he even transforms into Spiderman and after he transforms. Gregor from the story alienated himself away from others when he was a business man and even so when he converts to a bug. The costume Peter wears as Spiderman represents a shield from others. Gregor hiding in his room is also a representation of hiding from others. Anger and realization of not relating of others become factors of alienation to the
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throughout the stages of Gregor’s existence‚ even before he was labeled “vermin.” Early in The Metamorphosis‚ we learn that Gregor dearly wishes to quit his job and be free of his family obligations.
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