Comparing Kafka's Metamorphosis And Before The Law

To be honest, writing this paper felt a little like writing an eulogy. I often found myself frustratedly typing extra hard on the keyboard telling myself that I will never write another paper and this is the last long paper I will write because I am not taking anymore English classes. Of course, I quickly overcame my laziness and kept writing because I want to be successful and a major key to success is to being able to write. The most challenging part of this paper was the outlines that were back to back every night. The week where we had to write and turn in our outlines for our paper, was a hard week for me so I never go to do the quality job on my outlines which of course affected my entire paper. If I had a day or more to do my outlines better, I would have really done a good …show more content…
When we first read “Letter to His Father,” I did not like Kafka because I believed he was never truly abused like some said. But after reading “Before the Law” and “The Metamorphosis,” I admire how Kafka used his pain from his childhood to fuel his stories because it really shows. Another piece of literature I truly enjoyed was Oedipus. I had the opportunity to curl up with the play and a cup of coffee over winter break and truly sink myself in the story. As I read, I looked up words and phrases I did not know and underlined key parts in the book. I enjoyed how I could predict parts of the play and how it had many plot twists. When I was answering the questions, I got together with Dellonique to help and we worked through them and that is when things got complicated. For a good fifteen minutes, we were googling and asking all the fellow AP English students (including employees) at Panera who in the world Cadmus was. I felt Antigone was a good conclusion of the play but I did happen to enjoy Oedipus more. The close reading and presentation with my partner Sarah worked overall