The Metamorphosis notes
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Title: The Metamorphosis
Author: Franz Kafka
Date of Publication:1915
Genre: fiction
Biographical information about the author
1833-1924
Born into a middle class German speaking Jewish family in Prague.
Antagonistic relationship with his father.
Close relationship with sister: Ottla
Sent to German Schools, good academically
Best friend was , Max Brod
Family used him for his money
Had clinical depression, social anxiety mental instability and tuberculosis
Historical information about period of publication
In the time of Kafka the division between Czech and German speaking people in Czechoslovakia was big.
Jewish people did not fit in very well with either of the groups.
All groups were searching for a national identity, led to tension.
Characteristics of the genre: Modernism
Self-consciousness
New ways of achieving goals
Other ways of thinking and progressing
Rejects social belief sometimes
Scientific, technological, industrial developments
Plot summary- Write at least 5 sentence for each of the 3 parts
Part 1: One day Gregor Samsa wakes up as giant cockroach. He is late for work and cannot get out of bed, he is a traveling salesmen. The mom and sister (Grete) are concerned for him since he never misses work, he works a lot. The manager from his work comes to check on him and warns him of the consequences of missing work, that he might get fired. Gregor does unlock the door later, and everybody is horrified by his appearance, his mom faints, the manager leaves and his dad locks him in his room brutally.
Part 2- In this part we see that Grete starts caring for Gregor almost exclusively, giving him food and cleaning after him. The family starts to talk about their financial problems since Gregor can’t care for them. Gregor gets sad because he was planning on putting his sister in a music school for her to develop her violin skills. Gregor starts climbing walls, getting used to his new physique.
Title: The Metamorphosis
Author: Franz Kafka
Date of Publication:1915
Genre: fiction
Biographical information about the author
1833-1924
Born into a middle class German speaking Jewish family in Prague.
Antagonistic relationship with his father.
Close relationship with sister: Ottla
Sent to German Schools, good academically
Best friend was , Max Brod
Family used him for his money
Had clinical depression, social anxiety mental instability and tuberculosis
Historical information about period of publication
In the time of Kafka the division between Czech and German speaking people in Czechoslovakia was big.
Jewish people did not fit in very well with either of the groups.
All groups were searching for a national identity, led to tension.
Characteristics of the genre: Modernism
Self-consciousness
New ways of achieving goals
Other ways of thinking and progressing
Rejects social belief sometimes
Scientific, technological, industrial developments
Plot summary- Write at least 5 sentence for each of the 3 parts
Part 1: One day Gregor Samsa wakes up as giant cockroach. He is late for work and cannot get out of bed, he is a traveling salesmen. The mom and sister (Grete) are concerned for him since he never misses work, he works a lot. The manager from his work comes to check on him and warns him of the consequences of missing work, that he might get fired. Gregor does unlock the door later, and everybody is horrified by his appearance, his mom faints, the manager leaves and his dad locks him in his room brutally.
Part 2- In this part we see that Grete starts caring for Gregor almost exclusively, giving him food and cleaning after him. The family starts to talk about their financial problems since Gregor can’t care for them. Gregor gets sad because he was planning on putting his sister in a music school for her to develop her violin skills. Gregor starts climbing walls, getting used to his new physique.