While reading the novel, Metamorphosis, by Kafka, I noticed that there was something off about the protagonist, Gregor. Gradually, He seemed to change personality, being influenced more and more by his family's words and actions. Gregor seems to think that the people around him are always right, and he is in the fault. If his family gets mad at him, he tries to think of ways to change himself instead of considering that he might not be the one at fault. Maybe there is a relationship between the way Gregor views his environment, and how we view society.
I think that Gregor slowly loses his individuality. Throughout his life as a bug, we see him slowly make less and less decisions based on his thought alone. For example, when his family is moving out his furniture from his room, he is actually pretty happy. He knows that this means that there will be more space for him the crawl around. His perspective on the situation changes when he overhears his family talking about how Gregor must sad to see all his childhood furniture go. Immediately, he becomes really protective over the last piece of furniture in his room; the picture. This is just one of the many instances in which Gregor displays his inability to make decisions himself. I think that this occurs a lot in modern society. People often choose to follow the belief of the majority, instead of making informed decisions on their own. An example of this is a survey conducted by the American Culture and Faith Institute which shows that 40 percent of Americans believe that socialism is better than capitalism. This is surprising, since socialism is a complete garbage political and economic theory of social organization. I think the reason why so many people are in favor of socialism is because other people are too. Since a large group of people believe in someone, they lose their individuality and act as a group.
Despite this book being really wacky and abnormal, It still motivates people to think about the underlying messages of the text. There is so much room for speculation since everything is so random and different from orthodox novels. Did you guys like the book? Do you think Kafka is depicting our society? let me know!
I think that Gregor slowly loses his individuality. Throughout his life as a bug, we see him slowly make less and less decisions based on his thought alone. For example, when his family is moving out his furniture from his room, he is actually pretty happy. He knows that this means that there will be more space for him the crawl around. His perspective on the situation changes when he overhears his family talking about how Gregor must sad to see all his childhood furniture go. Immediately, he becomes really protective over the last piece of furniture in his room; the picture. This is just one of the many instances in which Gregor displays his inability to make decisions himself. I think that this occurs a lot in modern society. People often choose to follow the belief of the majority, instead of making informed decisions on their own. An example of this is a survey conducted by the American Culture and Faith Institute which shows that 40 percent of Americans believe that socialism is better than capitalism. This is surprising, since socialism is a complete garbage political and economic theory of social organization. I think the reason why so many people are in favor of socialism is because other people are too. Since a large group of people believe in someone, they lose their individuality and act as a group.
Despite this book being really wacky and abnormal, It still motivates people to think about the underlying messages of the text. There is so much room for speculation since everything is so random and different from orthodox novels. Did you guys like the book? Do you think Kafka is depicting our society? let me know!
