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Comparison

Which story do you think Metamorphosis compares to the most?

Metamorphosis

Since Metamorphosis is about half of the exam (hint from extra help class: the essay is about comparing metamorphosis to something else) and we have not really reviewed it except for under pressured time, it would help everyone to make study guides by listing some suggestions of important quotes and themes... just an idea.

Metamorphosis vs. Dante's Inferno

How does everyone like Metamorphosis compared to Dante's Inferno??

Inconsistency?

Is Gregor supposed to be a giant or a tiny bug?? It says that Gregor's father pushed him through the doorway because he had gotten stuck. That would mean he was pretty big, right? He couldn't fit through the doorway unless he stood upright. BUT... it also says that he fits on that picture frame and hides under the couch in his room. So wouldn't that mean he was the average bug size? That would have to be one giant picture frame if Gregor really sat on it. Did anyone else notice this?

KAFKA YOUtUBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boSFjzWJXcU

mrs. Klebba told us about this guy and some of this articles, i don't know exactly which one.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=vladimir+nabokov%2Bmetamorphosis&btnG=Search

Exam??

Has anything been said about what we're responsible for knowing on the exam?

Would you want to be something else?

Do we sometimes feel like we might want to be a bug or some sort of creature at some point in time to see what it would be like if we did not really exist? Or maybe we sometimes want to be something else just to get away from everything around you such as work and your family...? If so, what do you think you would want to morph into?

SHOW BIZ

Kafka's Metamorphisis kind of reminds me of the movie BIG with Tom Hanks. As a child, Josh feels trapped in his boyish lifestyle and believes if he was older, he could find an escape in his independence. but waking up as a grown man is just as confusing and scarry as waking as a roach. although alot of the emotions displayed by josh and his parents are different from Gregor and his family, the idea of a dramatic transformation is kind of the same .

the Kafka in us

dont we all feel like this on some days. gregor's metamorphosis is more physical than physcological. bug's purpose for life is just to live and in that, comes the competition for life. bug's only do what they have to to survive and constantly do monotonous activities everyday. doesnt that sound like life at we know it ?