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1455523 No.1455523 [Reply] [Original]

The Metamorphosis was such an overrated piece of garbage. Come on, using a man turning into a gargantuan insect as a metaphor for the dehumanization of the middle-class working man?! Who comes up with this shit?!

Kafka, you get a 0/10 in my book.

>> No.1455555

I quit reading The Castle after having read 130/450 pages. I thought there was a plot. There was none. The point of the story is that a gromatici is mistakenlly hired for a job that wasn't needed to begin with, then he tries to find who is to blame. Not to mention he finds a girl, and after 15 minutes asks her for marriage. Very random. I was like "what"? Very interesting plot, yay.

>> No.1455560

Kafka = one of the most overrated writers I've heard of. I also couldn't stand the Castle, even though the Trial was nice.
And yes, I agree that the Metamorphosis was a pile of stealing dung beetle food.

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>> No.1455577

Why a cockroach, OP? Honest question, I didn't read the book in English. Any mention to a cockroach in your version?

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1455581

God Damnit OP you fucking summed up everything i thought about Metamorphosis, his other short stories were shit too. (apart from the great wall of china)

and im reading The Trial now, i just can't wait to be fucking done with it

pic related, my fucking face when people think Kafka is good

>> No.1455583

>>1455577

There are lot's of translations. Cockroach/vermin/beetle...

>> No.1455588
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>>1455577
I thought it was a moth.
I just noticed that nowhere in the book it's mentioned the kind of insect he is, but I could swear it was said in the book that he was indeed a moth.

>> No.1455602

>>1455581
read america bb (w^_^w)

>> No.1455603

>>1455588

it never mentions the actual bug but from the description its taken to be a cockroach most of the time

>> No.1455613

>>1455603

I think it's just that whenever this story is brought up, people mention a cockroach, so you automatically think he is one even though it's never said.

Kind of how the forbidden fruit is supposedly an apple.

>> No.1455614

>>1455583
>>1455588

I honestly never read an English version of the book, but if there's a mention to a specific species/order the translator fucked up. I think there may be a reason why Kafka decided to not give information about the type of bug.

>> No.1456092

>>1455614

The reason being that Kafka wanted the reader to come up with his own image of a horrible creature which would create an uneasy if not disgusted opinion of the main character.

As for the book being bad, OP, idk if you read a good enough translation. The book is strange, if anything.

>> No.1456115

To be fair, Kafka didn't think he was any good.

Don't blame him, he wanted his writings burned.

>> No.1456127
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>mfw i know someone who thinks there's no symbolism in Kafka