“PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot” (Twain Notice). This opening quote from Mark Twain’s 1884 novel, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, attempts to use a bit of humor to mock readers stupidity about the many dialects in his story. The primary notion in this quote-readers should refrain from finding rationality, right or wrong, and conspiracy in the text-is the necessary mindset when examining another piece of literature, Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella The Metamorphosis. Positioning as poststructuralism thinking, this short novel’s groundbreaking style fuses realism with absurdity and contradiction
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Setting itself as poststructuralism intellect, Kafka’s innovative writing style unites realism with absurdity and contradiction that result in false truths. This compound relationship is evident when this summary of The Metamorphosis frequently pauses after certain word choices to discuss how they fracture the truth. As the anomalies become evident, the reader is now aware that the structure and meaning are arbitrary. Now that the language is untrustworthy, what is the marginalize point in Kafka’s short novel? The answer emerges in Gregor’s few admissions of pleasure. First, Gregor smiles at the ridiculous situation of not being able to get out of bed. Next, he remembers a photo of his life in the army which gives rise to happy thoughts. Then, Gregor experiences great joy when Greta nurtures him. Last, the carefree hanging from the bedroom ceiling fulfills Gregor with cheer. All of these blissful bursts demonstrate narrative truths that appear free from absurdity and contradiction, therefore concluding, that this is the marginalize point of Kafka’s tale. All-in-all, the supernatural mutation and family dysfunction that make up this summary are simply illusions that mask Gregor’s few authentic moments of
Setting itself as poststructuralism intellect, Kafka’s innovative writing style unites realism with absurdity and contradiction that result in false truths. This compound relationship is evident when this summary of The Metamorphosis frequently pauses after certain word choices to discuss how they fracture the truth. As the anomalies become evident, the reader is now aware that the structure and meaning are arbitrary. Now that the language is untrustworthy, what is the marginalize point in Kafka’s short novel? The answer emerges in Gregor’s few admissions of pleasure. First, Gregor smiles at the ridiculous situation of not being able to get out of bed. Next, he remembers a photo of his life in the army which gives rise to happy thoughts. Then, Gregor experiences great joy when Greta nurtures him. Last, the carefree hanging from the bedroom ceiling fulfills Gregor with cheer. All of these blissful bursts demonstrate narrative truths that appear free from absurdity and contradiction, therefore concluding, that this is the marginalize point of Kafka’s tale. All-in-all, the supernatural mutation and family dysfunction that make up this summary are simply illusions that mask Gregor’s few authentic moments of