Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Metamorphosis of Courage

Hello again! And Happy New Year! I hope this year is going well for everyone so far! 

So far this semester we have already read Kafka's famed novella, The Metamorphosis. I really enjoyed this book even though many times it was quite confusing and weird. Even the first sentence described the main character, Gregor, as a giant bug. Quite the shocker. The plot then goes further into the reaction of his family and the events that occur while Gregor is still a bug. 

But through all this chaos, I found that my big question works really well. Grete, Gregor's sister, really displays the type of courage it takes to do something right when everyone else is doing something wrong. When everyone else is very mean and unsympathetic towards Gregor, Grete is very kind to him. She brings him food and drink. She doesn't ignore him like everyone else does. She treats him like a human; she treats him like her brother. 


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