2008년 11월 13일 목요일
Sympathy for Gregor....? WHY ?
When I First read the story, I thought Kafka was too mean to Gregor. And actually I felt sorry for Gregor. I had a lot of sympathy until I really read and started to think about the novel and trying to find Kafka's hidden message or something. After reading Metamorphosis more carefully and after actually thinking about what I just read, I got to the point that I don't have to fell sorry about Gregor. this tragic ending occurred because Gregor asked for it. In my opinion, Gregor symbolizes the people with extreme individualism. Gregor didn't even communicate with his family. Always locks the door when he is in his room, not even house. And I think Gregor's metamorphosis from human being to bug symbolizes how extreme individualist (Gregor) lost very primitive ability of human being which is communication and socializing so that Gregor is not even human being any more. After I got this thought and conclusion in my mind, I lost sympathy for Gregor and I think he was asking for his death. At least at the last moment he regretted how he acted to his family. Well... in that part, it was a very little, very very little bit of a sad moment.
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Interesting take on Gregor kind of "asking for" his demise. Do you think that Gregor was treated well by his family before he turned into a bug? Maybe they treated him poorly because he was so different right from the start... I hadn't really thought of that before, I just thought his family mistreated him and he eventually broke under pressure.
i think this is a very interesting take on the story and it is good to hear something different. Personally i saw things a little different but your points do make me think that not taking gregors side is still a possibility.
This was really interesting. I am not sure I agree. Yes, he had extreme individualism, but we don't know if he wanted it to be this way. Maybe he grew this way because he was forced to. His family fed off of his finances, even though he hated his job. Why did he ask for his demise if he was simply providing for his family and their neediness?
I think that this is a a new analysis on sympathy in Metamorphosis, I liked how you talked about your change as you read the story, but I was surprised when you said Gregor was asking for death, but it makes sense, he wanted death for the good of his family.
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