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This book sounds absurd and illogical in its premise, after all how can a person overnight change into an appalling gigantic insect, but actually its an excellent metaphorical account of a man dealing with his alienation from humanity. A day before the inexplicable event, the protagonist Gregor, is shown as a hard working man who is literally killing himself to support his family needs. Giving no notice or justification for his impossible physical transition, Kafka still manages to make his read
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This is bizarre. And while I get that level of the appeal, I don’t much get the other layers that makes this so… popular? A guy turns into a roach and there may be some commentary on depression, being a burden, treatment from family and society, it really didn’t seem like there was all that much there??
That which we manifest is before us
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