Week 5 was about the discussion on the last and final chapter of metamorphosis.
Summary:
Gregor’s injury limits his mobility> family takes pity on him > father realize his condition> mother gets to her sewing > Grete studying French and hopes of moving up from her job as a sales clerk >family selling off jewellery to get money > Gregor stops eating and sleeping > frets about the family > Grete stops stop’s taking care Gregor > family keeps three tenants > Gregor’s room door left open accidently by maid> tenants notice Gregor and freak out > they refuse to pay rent and move out> Grete tells her parents to stop thinking that the vermin is Gregor> and they must find a way to get rid of him>Gregor feels terrible> Gregor stays awake all night thinking he should go away and > relieve his family from his sufferings> as dawn breaks he dies.
Theme of the book: Isolation, crisis of identity, trauma, financial instability , debts, changing behaviour .
metaphors in the book: 1) imprisonment/ isolation- locked doors , 2) alienation- shifting of furniture , shifting of feelings, 4) footsteps – hope to hopelessness.
self reflection: I felt the story to be very imaginative, something which couldn’t even be possible in the 19 th century , also I felt the end to the story could be a little different and interesting. On the other hand I liked the diction used and how few metaphors are incorporated through which the story revolves and also the deep thought and meaning given to the metaphors incorporated within the story.
The next half of the class was about the assignment given to us called who am I? in which we have to write an essay of 500-600 words in first person, incorporating the metaphors and adjectives that we have selected which descrbes ourselves.
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