Biography Franz Anton Mesmer Mesmer is a physician of the German descent who created therapeutics‚ also known as mesmerism. Hypnotism and its practice was the forerunner. In the year 1775‚ animal gravitation was created and revised by the genius himself. This theory was compared to that of animal magnetism. Animal magnetism allowed fluid not able to be seen inside the human act as magnets.His thought was that the tidal influences of all 9 universes can operate in a force that relates to
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In Metamorphosis‚ by author Franz Kafka’s we come across the protagonist Gregor Samsa who is deemed lowly and helpless. Gregor’s emotional and mental state was triggered by the financial burden due to his father’s decisions‚ the struggle to support his family and the debt to his employer. There are two metamorphoses occurring in the story‚ Gregor transforming into a rodent and the disintegrating of the family unit. Gregor’s struggles in supporting his family and the hardship of dealing with debt
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In “The Metamorphosis”‚ Gregor refuses to face the reality of his situation‚ instead choosing to remain in denial about his family life and to an extent‚ his metamorphosis into a bug‚ resulting in his eventual death. He maintains an illusion for himself of a loving family‚ essentially living life in a daze‚ a constant daydream of a better reality that gets him through the day. This allows him to rationalize working a job he hates‚ paying off his fathers debt‚ his father stealing money from him‚ his
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Families are meant to work together so that that the whole is stronger than the individual. In the wild‚ these families were not necessarily related‚ but were groups that banded together for protection. Each member served a different purpose. Some would provide food‚ and others would protect the children. The female’s role was to look after the children. If one of the members did not keep a strong relationship with the other members‚ or did not do their duty‚ then the entire organization came crashing
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The central storyline of “Judgement at Nuremberg” was the injustice in Nazi courts. The primary Judge of focus in the film was Judge Ernest Janning. When considering his guilt or innocence‚ I am very torn. The biggest argument in this case is can “I was only following orders” be justified and supported to prove innocence. The laws of Germany as discussed in The Nuremberg: A fair trial reading‚ state that following orders is not allowed defense. With this mind‚ the defendants are completely left without
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In the Metamorphosis‚Gregor must work to support his family after they lost the company and lost all their money. One morning he wakes up and discovers he is a vermin. The first thing that occurs to him when he discovers this is how will he get to work and that his boss will come to his house and demand that Gregor come to work‚ meanwhile Gregor is locked in his room unable to get out of bed because he is a bug. Finally he is able to get out of bed‚ but the boss is gone the time he gets up. His family
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In the opening line of The Metamorphosis‚ Kafka’s treatment of chaos establishes his vision of the world as going on about its business without regard for the doings of humans. Gregor is the object of a manifestly pointless and arbitrary metamorphosis‚ which he handles as if it were as ordinary any run of the mill event. As he lays in bed‚ having transformed into a bug‚ he considers the future as if it were any other day. “"Oh‚ God"‚ he thought‚ "what a strenuous career it is that I’ve chosen!” His
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The straightforward style of The Metamorphosis gives the story a nightmarish quality. Throughout the chapter‚ he struggles with the task of getting out of bed as an unidentified bug. In chapter 1 paragraph 14‚ it reads‚ “Should he really call for help though‚ even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? Despite all the difficulty he was in‚ he could not suppress a smile at this thought” (ch1 paragraph 14). Gregor is in a serious situation‚ but his alarming new appearance doesn’t seem
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In The Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa has everything going for him. One day he wakes up and he has turned into a bug. Upon finding him‚ Gregor’s parents‚ and sister decide on keeping him locked in his room. His mother cannot bear to see him‚ and his father is disgraced by him. Gregor’s sister‚ Grete‚ is the only one in the house who can stand the sight of him. Grete shows strength‚ courage‚ and ultimately disappointment‚ and shame in The Metamorphosis. Grete is a teenager who is independent and determined
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Franz Kafka’s "The Country Doctor" Commentary by behnam Kafka’s story "The Country Doctor" is one of his most enigmatic‚ because it is one of his most symbolic‚ and his symbols defy easy explanation. The story opens with a kindly physician standing outside his home in "great perplexity"; his horse has died‚ and he has been summoned to see a critically-ill patient some ten miles away. The doctor’s maid has gone to try to borrow a horse‚ but he is sure she will be unsuccessful. The story is introduced
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