Presentation of alienation
I have chosen to look at “Metamorphosis” and “The Mountains of Majipoor” because I am interested in the similarities between the way the novelists show alienation and I would like to explore this idea further. I am certain that the novelists intended to make the effect they did in their writing and I would like to discover exactly how it was that they achieved their effect.“Metamorphosis” is a novella, a surreal short story that deals with a mans unusual experience of a ‘metamorphosis’ into a “gigantic insect”. Something I noticed right away with this novel is the central metaphor. Gregors transformation into an insect should not be taken literally but as a method of getting across a view. I see “Metamorphosis” as an allegory. The central metaphor could have been used by Kafka to portray his feelings of how society treats the labour incapable. He had been separated by economic and social demand, “business duties”(pg 17) the demands of him to work to support his family, “…what’s the use of lying idle in bed,”(pg 13). Gregor manifests a physical appearance that corresponds to the difference he has with his family socially. This separation may represent his alienation in the novella. However, Kafka’s story has been interpr
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Approximate Word count = 2359
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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