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    Metamorphosis is an illustrious short story‚ which manifests Kafka’s complex character‚ his beliefs‚ and real-life dilemmas. It highlights the existentialist credo by elucidating the quandaries faced by an individual in the face of absurdity. Kafka critiques the impersonal and materialistic society around us‚ which mitigates individualism‚ restricts freedom‚ and engenders alienation. A whirlwind of redundancy and absurdity pose Gregor with an identity crisis. Initially‚ his individuality is tethered

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    Katterina Horton LA 10 Mrs. Rutha 6th October‚ 2014 Metamorphosis Alternate ending As he lay there on the floor in his empty room on his crippled‚ fragile‚ insect molded body‚ he heard the sound of the front door slam and the family vehicle speed out of the driveway. Gregor leaped up in a panicked‚ stunned state and stood in perfect stillness on his hind legs. A gleaming‚ bright ray of sunlight caught his eye through the crack of his door. Gregor slowly guided his way toward his door in agonizing

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    reason‚ people that do not follow all this guideline and societies code are often left out and alienated from the rest. The actions of rejection‚ even the slightest ones‚ can leave people with serious and deep psychological damage. In the book “The Metamorphosis” Gregor was set apart by his own family because of the disgust they felt towards his appearance when he turned into a bug. This led to gregor’s feelings of solitude and the neglection from his family‚ later on being one of the causes of his death

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    large rival gangs in El Salvador that was settled in order to reduce the high number of murders within the country.. I have three different articles‚ and two of them are from the same author‚ and one from another source. The first two articles that both appear in the New York Times‚ directly relate to the problem. I first one is called “Gang Truce Buys El Salvador a Tenuous Peace” was published on August 27‚ 2012 by Randal C. Archibold‚ and the second one “Homicides in El Salvador Dip‚ and Questions Arise

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    third world country known as el Salvador ‚this small country raised my grandfather until the ripe age of 33 when he left for a better future in Canada‚ little did he know that his life would change when he met my grandmother and he’d end up raising children that weren’t his own and creating a family all his own in the united states of America to many ‚the land of opportunity. To many dropping out of normal high school and taking a semester online

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    want to and achieve my goals how I want to. My family has always had the same philosophy about time‚ and is very supportive of my primary goals: going to college‚ becoming a high school teacher‚ and being a loving husband with my own great family. Salvador Dali’s "Persistence of Memory" helps to reflect my idea of time "melting" out of need and Emily Dickinson’s poem "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" shows the fast pace that many Americans have put their lives in‚ which is exactly what I would like

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    Symbols and Abstractions in Kafka ’s "The Metamorphosis" "The Metamorphosis" is a unique and intricate novella by Franz Kafka. It is peculiar in any work for the main character to wake up as an insect in the first line of the story. Kafka ’s symbolism is unlike most authors who use symbolism to relate to the theme of the story; Kafka tends to focus the reader ’s attention on a single character which symbolizes his life. His uses of bizarre symbols make the reader question‚ "What does Kafka mean

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    If you were a bug‚ will your family still treat you the same way if you were a human? In the story The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ Gregor is turned into a bug his family responds with different extremes of grief which results in a whirlwind of complex treatments‚ such as kindness‚ anger‚ and panic. However‚ throughout the story they grew to resent and neglect Gregor. Throughout the story‚ the mother is worried about Gregor’s well-being and his health‚ toward the end she becomes neglectful. For

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    evolution of the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ "from book-burner to living-book" (Johnson 111). His maturity is displayed by his growing understanding of the world in which he lives and by seeing the flaws in his society. Bradbury illustrates Montag’s metamorphosis with him changing from a mindless burning drone to his maturation and acceptance into a society of like-minded booklovers. The first words of Bradbury’s novel state‚ "it was a pleasure to burn" (Bradbury 3). These words sum up the beginning

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    Clayton C. Mamele 4889-8901 “The Football War” In Brief The El Salvador-Honduras War of 1969‚ referred to also as the Football War or Soccer War‚ was an armed conflict between the Sanchez Hernandez regime of El Salvador and the Lopez Arellano regime of Honduras. The war began on July 14‚ 1969 when El Salvadoran Armed forces launched air raids and a ground invasion of the main highways connected El Salvador and Honduras. Fighting ended 4 days later when a ceasefire was negotiated on July 18th. It

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