Franz von Holzhausen

The feeling of isolation and abandonment from the outside world ultimately leads to one’s seclusion from modern society. In the short story, The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, the emotional detachment between Gregor Samsa and his family result in the gradual rejection of Gregor when he turns into a bug. Furthermore, the alienation caused by Gregor’s metamorphosis can be seen by the reader as an adjunct to the estrangement he already felt as a person when working in a capitalist society. Mr.…

responsibilities and is unable to put time towards his health or the connection with his family. It is his relentless work that ends up not only pushing him away from his family, but also strips him of his humanity and the life he could have had. Franz Kafka takes us through the story of a man who is no longer a man. He has gained the mindset of a worker ant, which is to accomplish what he believes needs to be done until the day he dies. The first line we hear from the main character in our…

In the dictionary isolated means to be left alone for a unique quality the one has. Sometimes a unique quality is good but there is other times in which a special quality can lead you to be away from others. In the book Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka it was proven that one of its characters was left alone for a very special trait they had. Just like in the book there is real case scenerios of people who are left to build their own life. Sometimes the isolation given to a person can impact a…

Who dehumanized Gregor the most? Throughout the book "The Metamorphosis" you will see Franz Kafka’s fictional story about a man who becomes a bug and on multiple occasions you will watch him get dehumanized by his family members. The question now is who dehumanized Gregor the most? The answer is Gregor’s father, on multiple occasions, he will make Gregor feel like he doesn’t feel Gregor is even a person. One of the main reasons Gregor was dehumanized by his father more than the rest…

The experience of a minority in America is fundamentally different than that of a white American. In Sherman Alexie’s Flight Patterns, the reader has an opportunity to delve into the mind of not one, but two completely different sets of minorities and their viewpoints. Using comedy, Alexie touches on the differences between William and Fekadu, their trials and tribulations of the past and present, and most importantly the things they have in common. Unfortunately, the cliché story of an African…

That's when I know it's time to get up. As a result, there is no need to set my alarm for 7:15 anymore - the yelling and chaos outside my door that is more reminiscent of a war zone than a family home is enough to break my deep sleep cycle. While I gather my football clothes from the laundry room and climb into the shower adjacent to my room, I listen in to the everlasting struggle of my step-father trying to corral my three brothers and get them ready for school. Even the most mundane,…

Franz Kafka, in his book The Metamorphosis, writes about a young traveling salesman named Gregor Samsa, who one day wakes up to find himself turned into a large insect. The narrator, as well as the main character, don’t have a clue as to what happened, the only thing that the reader can infer is that Gregor’s state is irreversible. As the story goes on, we learn about his job, his hopes and dreams, as well as his worries. The tragic thing is that he can’t communicate with his family or those…

Movie Analysis 1. Structural Functionalism Theory The Benchmark Family The benchmark family applies to Gil and Karen’s family. Gil is the breadwinner father who is having trouble receiving a promotion at work that he wants throughout the movie. In the scene where he tells Karen he quits his job and she tells him she’s pregnant when he’s leaving she asks him if he have to. He replies that everything in his life is a have to. Gil has the responsibility of providing for the family financially and…

This story revolves around and old man and his unconventional relationship with his caretaker. The postmaster hailing from Calcutta, feels like a fish out of water in the remote village of Ulapur where he works. There, he led a lonely life, with little company and minimal work to do. To cope with this, he often engaged himself in writing poetry describing his peaceful and isolated surroundings. He had Ratan, an orphan girl of the village, to do odd jobs for him. He shared with her his meals,…

"The Guest" is a short story that displays multiple examples of irony, Albert Camus uses irony to get his theme across. The theme being, making what one believes is the right moral choice despite the consequences. This theme heavily reflects Camus' philosophical logic, he strongly believed in one's responsibility for their wrongdoings. In the short story, Daru has multiple choices to make, he has been given the choice to deliver the Arab to prison- respecting and obeying the government's rules.…