In the novella The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka a few of the characters including Grete undergo dramatic metamorphosis. The changes affect the overall meaning of the work as well as the plot overview. Grete uses Gregor to make herself as though she is a mature young adult. Many may wonder if Grete really loves her brother or if she was just plotting on him all along.
Grete's parents thought of her as an immature seventeen year old before Gregor's metamorphosis. At the beginning of the novella Grete helps Gregor by cleaning his room, feeding him, and even saying a few words to him to make his day. Grete wants to be taken serious in the eyes of her parents so much that she seizes the opportunity to use her brother's transformation as gaining responsibility. After her parents see the changes they look at Grete in a new light.
Gregor never thought that he would wake up to be a gigantic bug and not have the love of his family. The novella The Metamorphosis is based on Gregor’s morphing. Throughout the plot he is missed treated by his father and in the end even by his sister Grete. The Samsa family feels as though Gregor is becoming a burden to them now that he is not able to pay his father's debt off by working. Gregor is lonely because his sister changes in the end of the book into someone he doesn’t know anymore.
Gregor and Grete adores art Gregor did the honors of sending his sister to a school just so that she is able to play the violin. He loves the sounding of her playing because it brings back so many memories of being a human. A picture from an illustrated magazine placed in a nice frame of a woman in a fur hat and boa is Gregor's definition of art and he would not trade it in for the world.
These metamorphoses contribute to the overall meaning of the work. Grete's morphing caused Gregor's death and allows her the chance to show her family she is a responsible young adult because of the things she did for her brother. Due to Gregor's metamorphosis his father is forced to work and it also brought out the true feelings of his family. The Metamorphosis is all about change.
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4 comments:
Take out the past tense was and replace it with a present tense word.(first paragraph last sentence)
Get rid of saying the novella and say in "The Metamorphosis"
Third paragraph change the second sentence and make it the first.
Put a period in the fourth paragraph first sentence.
Third sentence change sounding to sound.
Spell check.
very nice essay; there wasn't too many errors, just a couple minor grammar errors (spelling, punctuation...). Other than that-- it was pretty good.
avoid past tense
stop using the novel use the title of the book.
Spelling grammer
i'd give you about a 7/8 on your essay.
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