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Is it wrong that I often thought that this book was really quite....funny? --Jen from Quebec :0)
This is one of those novellas where if Kafka had prescribed specific reasoning behind the metamorphosis it would have lost a lot of it's value. I feel like doing so would turn it into a cheap piece of 'anti this' or 'anti that' propaganda. Fortunately he had had the foresight to produce a simple, yet powerful piece that is laden with suggestion and interpretative potential.
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That's limitless and bizarre imagination entwined into a novella. Gregor Samsa changing into a giant bug, his family, and sister, specifically coping up with the financial and emotional turmoil, eventually leading them to become more and more indifferent towards his existence overtime. Gregor's death by hunger or due to lack of attention/ love by his family; later his sister transformation into a glowing lady turned Metamorphosis more about Grete than Gregor himself. On the whole a good read. 3.
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Its a strange book where Gregor Samsa transforms into an ugly beetle overnight. Shows how everyone gets bored and fed up of something that is of no use to them. Quick read but you don't feel happy once you finish.
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