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    In the novel "The Metamorphosis‚" Franz Kafka uses the distortion of turning the main character into a "monstrous vermin" to highlight the already existing distortion that is his relationship with his family. The story starts off with Gregor waking up and finding himself changed from human form into a grotesque creature. One would surely expect this would evoke a mixture of powerful emotions‚ however‚ in Gregors case‚ it’s more of a casual inconvenience. "How about going to sleep for a few minutes

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    Their connection and sibling bond can be viewed as very strong‚ as when Gregor is still inside his room; his sister is outside his door crying‚ as though she knew what was happening before he even revealed himself to the outside world. “If only his sister had been there! She was perceptive; she had already begun to cry when Gregor was still lying calmly on his back” (p.13). This connection is further shown when Gregor finds himself chasing after the manager‚ and he immediately thinks of Grete as the

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    CHILDREN LEARN FROM OBSERVING BEHAVIOR? Many of us have seen an angry person. Anger is a form of depression where the person focuses negatively on the outside world‚ thinking they have been treated unfairly. Therefore one state of anger could be Road Rage‚ which is the aggressive behavior by a driver of a car or any vehicle. We ride in the car since we are children. Moreover‚ we learned how to drive by watching our parents and other drivers’ aggressive aspects of road etiquette. As a result‚ you can

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    stopped communicating with each other. Gregor has developed the ’learned instinct’ to obey his father‚ to the extent that he proceeds to give up eleven-plus years of his own life. This self-sacrificing familial-molding action was just the behavior that Kafka was objecting to: Kafka disapproved of giving up individuality for any costs‚ even to save the family socioeconomic status. To a lesser degree‚ Gregor feels a distance between his mother and himself. His mother‚ following stereotypical beliefs

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    All The Rage by Courtney Summers is a realistic fiction novel that is based on a rape survivor’s life after trying to tell someone what happened to her. When Romy tried to tell someone no one believed her and she got bullied at her school for it‚ people would tell her that she lied about getting raped and say cruel things to her. The boy that raped her was named Kellan Turner and his father is the sheriff of Romy’s home town. So when she tried to go to the police he said‚ she was lying and her son

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    The social issues talked about in All the Rage are rape and rape culture. The book starts out with Romy having flashbacks to the drunken night she was raped but Kellan Turner‚ son of the local head sheriff Turner. After this traumatizing night the book is then flipped to the present day where she is bullied and tortured by her peers because of the accusations made against Kellan. Romy is accused of lying and wanting attention from the boy she always had an undeniable crush on. Most of her nights

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    Franz Kafka’s Personal Life Compared with Gregor Samas Kafka is a great writer‚ who will take you on his journey in his stories and not lead you to all the right answers about what he is trying to say to his readers. Kafka wants you to have your own interpretation of his short story. Kafka wants you to ponder on what his true meaning is behind the story. You might need to imagine how he felt when he was writing this story. I choose to interpret the Metamorphosis as a cleaver release of Kafka’s

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    even reach to its boundaries” -Franz Kafka. In the book‚ The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ the main character‚ Gregor‚ shares many similarities and some differences with the author. The similarities between Kafka and Gregor can be seen in their relationship with their father and in their feeling of alienation. A difference can be seen in their responsibilities. The aim of this paper is to examine some of the many similarities and few differences between Franz Kafka and Gregor Samsa. Through close inspection

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    Throughout the novel The Metamorphosis‚ Franz Kafka continuously portrays his own struggles with alienation through his main character‚ Gregor Samsa. Both men become increasingly alienated due to the effects of poor health‚ strained family relationships‚ and even low self-esteem. During Kafka’s life‚ he became increasingly sickly‚ and is forced to hide himself away from society in sanatoriums. Similarly‚ Gregor realizes his new appearance as a bug is grotesque to the people around him‚ so he becomes

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    Imagine if you just saw your best friend being taken in front of your eyes‚ and never being able to see her again? How would you react? In the book‚ “Rage Of The Fallen” by Joseph Delaney‚ a boy by the name of Tom Ward goes through that exact situation. This is a fantasy book in which there are things like worlds‚ magic‚ and other things‚ which is why it’s important to understand it. In order to do so you need to know about the setting‚ the characters‚ the conflict‚ etc. There are a lot of interesting

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