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19371256 No.19371256 [Reply] [Original]

Most people seem to think that the Metamorphosis is an allegory for a traumatic event such as caring for a sick family member. But I am of the opinion that the book is a more general commentary on multiple themes, especially those of familial obligation, the culture of modern labor and social isolation. What do you think?

>> No.19371357

He turned into an insect, funniest shit I've ever seen!

>> No.19371364

>>19371256
It is a feminist and Marxist book. The two important characters are Grete and Gregor

>> No.19371365

>>19371357
kek

>> No.19371386

I kinda agree with you. My interpretation of this book is different from most interpretations I've seen.

>> No.19371405
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>> No.19371406

>>19371256
>But I am of the opinion that the book is a more general commentary on multiple themes, especially those of familial obligation, the culture of modern labor and social isolation.
Wait is that not what everyone else thinks?

>> No.19371492

>>19371405
This picture bugs me, Gregor is way smaller than that in the book

>> No.19371898

>>19371364
>Kafka book
>father isn't an important character

>> No.19371913

>>19371357
Ok Deleuze

>> No.19371953

>>19371256
Kafka is mythopoetic. To box a story like the Metamorphosis into a single allegorical interpretation is to fit his genius into a Procrustean bed IMO. Is it about illness, work, religion, anomie or psychology? Yes.

>> No.19372213

I truly don't understand why /lit/ rates The Trial higher than The Metamorphosis

>> No.19372343

>>19371256
It's about Jewish integration anxiety. This is not necessarily an anti-Semitic interpretation.

>> No.19372590

>>19371256
It has more Kafkaesque themes if anything

>> No.19372812

>>19372343
I'm aware that Kafka was a Hebrewaboo but I'm curious to know how you drew that conclusion