Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Metamorphosis Chapter Three

3) I think Gregor's family moved the furniture out of his room because they noticed that he would rather climb around on his walls than use his furniture.
5) Gregor gets depressed over his family's reaction to his metamorphosis because I think he thought that his family would of supported him no matter what and he found out otherwise.
6) When Gregor finally dies his family is sad that human-Gregor is gone but they are relieved that the bug-Gregor is gone.
8) Gregor's family got over him so fast because I think they never really thought of his bug self as Gregor. I think they saw Gregor as dead the day he turned into a bug so when he finally died they had already gotten over his being gone.
11) The family is quiet at the dinner table because they have come to the point where they don't want to talk about Gregor so they just don't talk at all.
12) Why does Gregor stop eating? He stops eating because he looses the urge to live. When his family gives up on him he realized that he had no hope so he quits eating. I think it also has to do with the fact that he just was not happy as a bug and he thought that if he stopped eating it would make him die, which it did.
14) Grete starts to play the violin again because it makes her happy and that is something she has not been ever since Gregor changed. She finally got fed up with her life and decided to do something that makes her happy, which is to play the violin.
15) While Gregor is a bug his feelings are more like a human than when he actually was a human. This happened because while he is a bug he is able to think about his life, family and feelings. Doing this creates more of a human feeling compared to him just being a bug that does not really think or have feelings.  While he was a human he concentrated more on other people but while being a bug he concentrates on himself, creating a more human self.
20) Grete decides to get a job now because it is a way for her to get out of the house and be a normal young girl. It is a chance for her to get away from Gregor and not have to constantly worry about him. Even though both her parents have jobs she still gets a job because it is the only way she will learn responsibility.
23) Kafka had Gregor die because it is more effective than having him turn back into a human. If he would have just turned back into a human everything would have been happily ever after and that's not how life really is so I think Kafka wanted to portray that in his story by having Gregor die. Gregor's death is necessary because it makes you even more sympathetic towards Gregor. 

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