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    were two colonies with England settlers‚ these colonies were very different. New England economy was base on growing crops and livestock‚ unlike the Chesapeake who depended greatly on the king of England for economic support. The New England colony who came to the new world for religious freedom practiced Christianity. On the other hand Chesapeake colony was mostly from the Anglelican church who at the time were actually a ruling government and religion was not important. Although both colonies would

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    Franz Kafka Conformity

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    What do the novels “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and “The Outsider” by Albert Cammus say about social conformity? “Metamorphosis” is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1912. It is set at an unknown European city at the same time it was published It narrates the story of a typical salesman of in an industrialized society who wakes up one morning transformed into a giant cockroach. The novel tells about how his family deals with this event‚ and how Gregor (the salesman) eventually dies. “The outsider”

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    individual to create his/her own life‚ and that the inhuman behaviour presented by both protagonists will eventually lead to very bad things; namely death in both novellas. These deaths are‚ however‚ very different‚ as are the methods through which Kafka and Camus have made each novel nothing but `a philosophy put into images’. Meursault (the narrator) in The Stranger only sees and only wants to see the absolute truth in society. The reader’s first encounter with him... Mama died today. Or yesterday

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    Kafka, Freud, and Fantasy

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    Cora Wilke-Gray German 390 November 17‚ 2010 Kafka and Fantasy The Metamorphosis touches upon several of Freud’s dream theories. It presents the idea of dreams as a portrayal of wishes. Another one of Freud’s theories that is presented is the concept of condensation as the representation of an object or idea through an action or person in a dream or fantasy. In this story‚ the unconscious wishes of the characters are brought to light through Gregor Samsa’s transformation and visualized

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    The Judgment by Fraz Kafka

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    The story The Judgment‚ written by Franz Kafka was said to be one of his breakthrough stories that sparked his story writing career. While most of Kafka’s stories were thought to be closely related to certain aspects of his life‚ The Judgment is thought to closely represent the conflicting relationship between Kafka and his father and the turmoil that Kafka experienced growing up as a result of his crude-minded father. This relationship that Kafka had with his own father is reflected in The Judgment

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    As Emma Christopher notes in “The Slave Trade is Merciful Compared to [This]‚” analogies between the transatlantic slave trade and penal transportation often served as rhetorical tropes in 18th Century Britain. Per se forms of unfree labor underlie each practice‚ and so‚ the analogy is valid on its face. However‚ this analogy is subject to scrutiny when one analyzes both practices from the experiences of the enslaved and transported‚ as well as the financial‚ economic‚ and social considerations

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    The Bridge by Franz Kafka

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    FLYING Inspiring Youth COLOURS Fostering Intellect English Language Club The Bridge Franz Kafka I was stiff and cold‚ I was a bridge‚ I lay over a ravine. My toes on one side‚ my fingers clutching the other‚ I had clamped myself fast into the crumbling clay. The trails of my coat fluttered at my sides. Far below brawled the icy trout stream. No tourist strayed to this impassable height‚ the bridge was not yet traced on any map. So I lay and waited; I could only wait. Without falling‚ no bridge

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    The Colonies

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    Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil

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    poor Gregor’s troubles all begin. I was also both repulsed and drawn by Kafka’s detailed depiction of Gregor’s newly acquired roach-like form. In the second paragraph of chapter one‚ Kafka connects Gregor to his human life‚ contrasting the life he lives with that of the monster he turned into. In doing so‚ Kafka distances the two lives of Gregor‚ forced apart by his sudden and unfortunate change in fate‚ and removes any possibility of the complete acceptance of his becoming a monster. In this setting

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    In the novel The Metamorphosis‚ Kafka uses symbolism to express the idea that Gregor transformed into a bug physically‚ after feeling like one psychologically. Gregor worked as a traveling salesman and although he didn’t like his job or boss‚ he dealt with it in order to support his family. His parent’s owed money to an employer and Gregor wanted to help in any way he could and stated "Well‚ there’s still hope; once I’ve saved enough money to pay back my parents’ debt to him—that should take another

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