Write a response based on Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”.

Write a response based on Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”. Our focus here is the theme of the story – your understanding of the main idea presented by the author, and any narrative devices (symbols, allusion, irony, epiphany) that support that theme. Please, consider the suggestions below and review any material related to the story before you write your response. As in your first assignments, limit your response to no more than one page (doc.x or pdf. files) and answer the topic as clearly and as precisely as possible. Avoid plot summary and unnecessary generic statements. You should aim at analyzing Gregor’s struggle as deeply into the text as possible. As long as your interpretation of the theme can be supported by the story, please do not hesitate to be creative and original.
Take some time to prepare your answer, focus on analysis and avoid any plot summary. We all know what happens in “Metamorphosis”. Avoid repeating the narrative plot or describing events in detail. Rather, focus on analyzing the theme of the story supported by the evidence from the text.
Consider these various interpretive possibilities within the symbolic structure of the story and decide what, in your opinion, is the main theme or themes in “The Metamorphosis”? What makes the most sense to you and why?

“The Metamorphosis” has been studied and interpreted in many ways:
-as an example of existentialist philosophy,
-a depiction of man’s alienated condition in the modern world,
-an anti-hero’s struggle with forces of exploitative capitalist system of profit and expectations of patriarchal structure,
-a presentation of psychological neurosis,
-a nightmarish descent into madness.
Our last module provides both my socio-historical introduction to Kafka and the full text of “Metamorphosis.”
Your written response should be as precise as possible and one page long. Follow the MLA guidelines (1″ margins; double space; size 12 font) but you do not have to include your name, class and date as in the complete essay format.

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