Consider the ways in which Gregor and the other members of his family respond to his transformation. What do you learn about each of these characters as a result of his/her response? - You learn that the family only values Gregor because of the income that he brings in to support his family. You also learn that Gregor doesn’t care much for his life because he realizes that his family only cares about his money and not necessarily his well being. One also learns that his sister is the one that is closest to him from the family, but that’s only because she’d be receiving a personal gain from his income.
Questions Continued… Compare the problems of Gregor’s life as an insect to his problems before his change. Are his problems as an insect completely different from his earlier problems? Explain.- His problems as an insect are not completely different from his earlier problems because he was still being ignore. Before his transformation, his family continuously ignored him, only paying attention to him when they needed money. After his transformation, the fact that he could no longer caused them to ignore him to a whole new level. They would barely speak to him and pretended he didn’t exist. The only time they came within close proximity of him was to give him food, and then they would walk away.
Why do you think Kafka chose to have Gregor transformed into an insect instead of another type of creature? Think about the characteristics of this bug, and how others react to it- I believe Kafka chose to have Gregor transformed into an insect instead of another type of creature because insects are barely paid any attention. Most people tend to ignore insects and never stop to think that they are living things too. The only time most people pay any attention to insects is when they want to kill them or use them as bait for something else, which is kind of what they did to Gregor.
Questions Continued… When this story was published in book form, Kafka insisted that “the insect itself cannot be drawn.” What do you think were Kafka’s reasons?- I believe Kafka’s reason fro saying “the insect itself cannot be drawn” is because one cannot draw something that is meant to be so completely insignificant in the story. If Gregor is not nearly as important as to be paid any attention to in the story, why would one make him important enough to draw him?
Many other stories and films are about the transformation of a human being into another creature. Why do you think people find such stories interesting?- People find such stories interesting because it’s a wonderful thought; that of being able to change one’s form. To possibly change from a human into some other creature is a magnificent thought. Throughout history, people have been pretending to be something their not. With a transformation they can be something they were not naturally meant to be. Stories like these give people visions of a different kind of world; a world where one can start all over again as another creature and be unrecognizable.
Conclusion
Conclusion Modernism is a literary artistic movement. Modernist shared different beliefs. They felt disconnected from traditions of the past. Modernism explored the depths of human minds. It was a technique that jumbled flow of a characters thoughts and feelings. There were modern artist as well like Pablo Picasso that inspired writers to search for new forms of expression. The world was viewed upon as a wasteland of violence and anxiety.
Conclusion Book about traveling salesman. Who wakes up to find that he has turned into a giant insects. Everyone that sees him runs in fear and he dies that night and the weight is lifted off the family.Interpretations of the book had been made about the social treatment of those who are unique and different from normal.
Conclusion The Industrial Revolution sparked the change in Europe. In addition to that, inventions were made.
During World War I, many peopled were killed and people began losing trust in their leaders. The first war brought in dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Stalin, etc.. The first world war deteriorated traditional beliefs, but people such as Charles Darwin, and Sigmund Freud, were said to have upset the idea of a well ordered universe. Artist faced alienation from society, and the things they drew would sometimes convey hostility.
In Conclusion… Conclusion to “Modernism”Modernism describes the literature, thought, and art of the first half of the 20th century.They were many different realistic styles to the way art was expressed. - Pablo Picasso “transformed natural shapes into fragmented geometric forms.” (1102)
- Wasilla Kandinsky used bold colors and distorted shapes
Movies also changed by define the modern age like silent films.Photography was revolutionized into an art formThere were new styles of agriculture by using new materials (glass, concrete, steel).
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