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3.69 AVERAGE
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Yeah I guess life would suck if you one day woke up as a bug.
I think that The Metamorphosis could be read as a really salient critique of capitalism, or a queer narrative, depending on if you determine vermin as something you are made by society or if you become verminlike, verminous to those around you. Societally defined monstrousness. A lot more of this story than people remember is completely encompassed within the action of being buglike, of moving about, of being forgotten, alien to yourself. It is, as such, a tale deeply couched in the hatefulness of being embodied, in the viscera of becoming unknown. It is speckled with moments of hope-- not in becoming human again, but in acceptance of buggishness. These are then quickly slipped away by society. That is to say Kafka is doing a lot, and that's very sexy, and we should respect him and his long bug suicide note.
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Surreal e grotesca, "A Metamorfose" é uma obra-prima da literatura moderna e uma das minhas leituras favoritas. A história, amplamente conhecida, começa com a transformação de Gregor Samsa, um jovem caixeiro-viajante, em um inseto monstruoso. Sem qualquer explicação ou lógica, Gregor acorda metamorfoseado e, a partir desse momento, é forçado a testemunhar sua completa desumanização — primeiro física, depois social, e finalmente espiritual. Essa imagem poderosa serve como ponto de partida para Kafka explorar uma série de reflexões sobre os absurdos das expectativas e pressões sociais, a fragilidade das relações afetivas e o caráter utilitário da existência humana. Tudo isso trabalhado a partir de uma atmosfera de profundo isolamento e incompreensão, que, em alguma medida, nos é familiar — afinal, ninguém consegue cumprir, o tempo todo, o papel que esperam de nós. "A Metamorfose" é um livro que vale ser lido e relido incontáveis vezes, sempre revelando novas camadas de significado para diferentes fases da vida.
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“Quando certa manhã Gregor Samsa acordou de sonhos intranquilos, encontrou-se em sua cama metamorfoseado num inseto monstruoso."
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“Quando certa manhã Gregor Samsa acordou de sonhos intranquilos, encontrou-se em sua cama metamorfoseado num inseto monstruoso."
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Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Complicated
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Complicated
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Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
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Yes
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No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No