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Overrated books Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:24:31 2022 No.21397217 [Reply] [Original]

Okay this has to be the most overrated book to have ever existed.

First of all, it states that the protagonist turns into a bug. How does he do it? Well the book never answers that important question.

Second of all, the reaction of the family is so ridiculous and 1 dimensional that its unbelievable. First of all, the dad tries to kill him even though its his son and he financially supports them. His sister tries to even deny he exists - wtf are these family members greedy psychopaths?

3rd of all. The ending is so unsatisfying even Kafka hated it. Gregor dies, the family just moves on with their lives, and the ultimate question of how he turned into a bug is never answered.

So there you have it:

* The family are just 1 dimensional psychopathic villains
* The ultimate question of how he turned into a bug is not answered
* The ending is the worst ever written.

Now why the f*** do they make us read this sh*t in high school when Kafka probably wrote better stuff. Oh yeah - the guys who run public education are dumbf**ks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:25:50 2022 No.21397224 Nice bait.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:26:17 2022 No.21397226 >>21397217 Did you get lost on your way to r/bookscirclejerk?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:26:18 2022 No.21397227 what kind of drugs was Kafka on when he wrote this?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:27:34 2022 No.21397234 >>21397224 ??? I wasn't baiting anyone I was just sharing my opinion. 4chan makes it safe.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:28:40 2022 No.21397237 >>21397226 I don't ever use that subreddit I just read the book and thought its underwhelming. Its not the worst book, i'd take this over twilight and 50 shades any day.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:31:42 2022 No.21397247 >>21397237 Its just overrated, like its not worthy enough to be called a "classic".

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:33:15 2022 No.21397263 >>21397217 Its a metaphor on being Jewish...

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:34:53 2022 No.21397274 >>21397263 strange, the story doesn't even resemble a traditional family, all I see is one dimensional villains. I don't care if they are Jewish, they are just badly written characters.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:36:26 2022 No.21397284 >>21397274 >all I see is one dimensional villains. Yes, thats basically whats its like being Jewish, nobody treats you like a human being, everyone is always out to get you or over talk you.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:38:24 2022 No.21397296 >>21397284 That's an interesting perspective.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:46:34 2022 No.21397323 >>21397217 Dude this is below Goodreads-tier, not a convincing bait.

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Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:51:37 2022 No.21397332

>>21397263
It’s not, it’s in relation to Kafka’s life with his family as the basis. The Trial is the work Kafka references Judaism in, the priest at the end is a rabbi. But this is not about feeling stigmatized for being Jewish but rather frustration with other Jews

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 20:52:01 2022 No.21397335 >>21397323 It can't be good bait if it was never meant to bait.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:00:18 2022 No.21397365 Also why tf is this dude living with his parents?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:01:21 2022 No.21397370 >>21397365 I mean to say: Why tf is this dude still living with his parents if he can work? Is he a virgin?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:02:40 2022 No.21397373 By the way, the book describes Gregor's sister at the end as voluptuous - which is sweet home Alabama and it made me laugh.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:12:24 2022 No.21397396 >>21397373 I'm really sure this was unintentional. But this is weird, imagine calling your sister "hot" and hearing your reaction afterwards. That's how it feels.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:16:27 2022 No.21397411 File: 144 KB, 828x629, E3JD2a4WEAQp85O.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] among the stupidest takes on metamorphosis, OP is pretty close to Dawkins himself

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:22:46 2022 No.21397422 >>21397411 >close to Dawkins himself yeah I am no fan of Dawkins(NOT EVEN CLOSE) - I disagree with him on nearly every issue. This is just coincidence.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:23:47 2022 No.21397426 >>21397411 coincidence, I disagree with Dawkins on every issue.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:23:58 2022 No.21397427 >>21397411 I don't get what Dawkins is implying here. Does he think that multiple interpretations is a bad thing or should not happen?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:38:23 2022 No.21397466 File: 52 KB, 828x628, 1671311787202452.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>21397411

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Anonymous Sat Dec 17 21:56:05 2022 No.21397525

Psychologically sterilized rationalist bugmen NPCs whose only meaning in life is to slave away for the academic-economic industry aren't supposed to get this. You've already been completely desensitized to these horrors. Just enjoy "functioning" and having sufficient levels of neurotransmitters, you subhumans.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 22:02:19 2022 No.21397548 >>21397427 He’s complaining that the story is not rational and doesn’t follow scientific laws, ergo says nothing and people just make up things that it means

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 17 22:33:49 2022 No.21397703 >>21397427 >Does he think that multiple interpretations is a bad thing or should not happen? Kind of, yeah. He's focused on the reddit sort of LE SCIENCE where, obviously, only one answer can be correct.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 01:11:28 2022 No.21398317 I thought the Metamorphosis was mid in high school. Then I re-read it ~15 years later after helping my wife care for her terminally ill father and the actions of the family made a lot more sense.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 04:02:04 2022 No.21398883 >>21397224 I wouldn't call it nice

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 04:03:54 2022 No.21398888 >>21397217 Joyce and Tolstoy

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 04:31:39 2022 No.21398965 >>21397217 Dude this is below Goodreads-tier, not a convincing bait.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 04:42:51 2022 No.21399005 >>21397411 You expect an empiricist to understand literature? Lol it’s not a math book

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Anonymous Sun Dec 18 04:45:21 2022 No.21399010

>>21398317
This. My brother is severely autistic and will need care for the rest of his life. I totally understood the family’s reactions. It’s just ironic that the main person bringing in money became in need. Really it proves that he was a better man than his family because they couldn’t care for him. I love my brother btw and will care for him until I die, God willing, but its so so hard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 08:14:29 2022 No.21399523 >>21397226 LOL

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 18 08:21:03 2022 No.21399532 >>21397332 >relation to Kafka’s life with his family as the basis Who where all Jews.

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Anonymous Sun Dec 18 08:25:42 2022 No.21399535

Too people not understanding Kafka, he is a Jewish writer, writing on Jewish themes, he should never have gotten this popular outside of Jewish circles. He does not belong in a gentiles canon of literature, neither would it make sense for a Jew to read some heavy Catholic author and then go like ""mmmm dont understand what motivates these people"

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Anonymous Sun Dec 18 08:27:41 2022 No.21399538

>>21399532
Kafka's works are not about being Jewish, that's the entry level small brain take.
The intellectual reading is that he was a sissy gay boi who trembled with erect fear at the very thought of his father, and as such his inability to conceptualise a healthy family dynamic.