Gregor Samsa

with the relationship with his family, social life and his life after the changeover. Gregor is diminished into a cockroach by the world around him and his family; Human Fallibility is ultimately narcissistic. What I picked up from the reading is that Gregor is so kind hearted and open handed, and that is why he was treated the worse from his family; Gregor Should have been treated right due to his actions. Gregor should be loved by his own family regardless of his what he looks like. This…

In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor wakes up to find himself transformed into a bug. With Kafka’s background in reading the Word of God, this novel has been compared to the Bible because Grete played a similar role to Judas, Gregor’s downfall was brought by an apple, his family does not care for him before he dies. In a way, his sister acted as though she was a fake person, behaving the same way as Judas in Biblical terms. Grete would take care of Gregor when she would bring in food and…

Romero’s Shirt The title of the story is “Romero’s Shirt” because the main character Romero loses his favorite shirt in the story. The shirt that Romero loses is a symbol because it has been a part of life since he bought the shirt when he was twenty years old. When Romero was growing up, his family did not have much, but they made due with what they had. Romero wanted thing to be different for his wife and kids so he gave them whatever he could materially. His shirt that he loses is his…

In the novel, Freak the mighty, by Rodman Philbrick, many themes are revealed. Max and Freak became friends because they were both outcast and could relate to each other. They became "Freak the Mighty". They had a lot of adventures together. when Max's father was in prison everyone was afraid of Max, he would stay in his basement which became his room. But Freak was always there for him, In the end they were both separated by Freaks death.The themes of Freak the Mighty are, isolation, friendship…

The novel Prey by Michael Crichton begins with the main character, Jack, a stay-at-home dad, shopping for new placemats. He is a stay-at-home dad because he got fired from a technology company called MediaTronics. He got fired because he found out that his boss was doing unethical business practices. Jack's wife, Julia, is vice president of another computer-based company, Xymos. Julia spends a lot of time at work because she is under a lot of pressure to raise twenty million dollars to develop…

In the book “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, there are two ways to view the main character, Gregor. Kafka portrays Gregor as a bug. Theorists believe that the bug is a symbol for something else.When symbolically viewing Gregor as a bug, one may come across the idea of annihilation or believing that Gregor has a mental illness. While viewing the book in a more realistic way, I realized that Gregor being a bug could very well be symbolic. Gregor’s family made him feel isolated and unloved…

In the story, Lord of the Flies, Ralph is perceived as the main character. He goes through many obstacles that change him in a significant way. Such as losing the boy with the mulberry birthmark on his face, Jack killing a pig, the fire going out, Piggy dying, and losing the conch. When the littlun’ with the mulberry colored birthmark disappeared, Ralph seemed as if he lost some of his confidence as a leader. At the beginning of the story, Ralph was more optimistic about the situation the boys…

In the poem, “Out, Out-” by Robert Frost, the speaker shifts from a peaceful tone to a dark tone. At the beginning of this poem, a young boy is sawing wood. As he is working, his sister calls him in for dinner. The boy gets distracted and cuts his hand on the saw. A doctor came to the boy’s house to see if he would be able to help him, but the boy’s hand was already off. Slowly, the boy died and his family immediately went back to work. This event shows how quickly things can change. To…

In the novel Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar there is a bully named Chad. He bullies a kid named Marshall and Marshall’s friends name is Tamaya. Chad is a bully in the beginning of the book, but later changes in the book. The theme that is shown throughout the novel is that People can change. Sachar introduces this theme idea when Tamaya learns about how Chad is not treated well at home when they are in the woods. Chad reveals that he is not loved at home when he says “‘ I bet you and your family have…

In the book A Child Called “it”, by Dave Pelzer, the person I like least in this book, other than the abusive Catherine is Dave's dad, Stephen. From the beginning it was very clear that Dave's rolemodel was his father, Stephen. Stephen was a hardworking fireman, who loved his family. In the beginning of Dave's abuse story, Catherine would not abuse him in front of his father, so the times that Stephen was home Dave would follow him around as protection. “ Whenever he went to the garage to work…