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George Freese

How does the second story you chose to read compare with Kafka’s Metamorphosis? They both fall into the genre of magical realism, but what similarities or differences do you see?

The difference I saw in "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis" was the type of language use in this story compared to "Kafka's Metamorphosis". In the second story, the kids talk and describe things using curse words. In the first story, he was able to do without that. Also, Gregor could understand them in the new form he turned into. The kids never really found out if the scarecrow was really Eric, they just assumed that it was him. With Eric, the kids try to find out why or who turned him into a scarecrow. With the other story, they just seemed to accept it. There wasn't anyone trying to figure out why their brother or son was turned into this animal.    

  They also showed some type of bullying in both stories. The kids beat up Eric because of the clothing he wanted to wear, and in the other story the father throws fruits at him and the sister wanted him to leave because of the state he was in. They never really took the time to get to know the bullied characters. I felt like both characters in these different stories were treated really badly about choices that were really not there to decide. Gregor didn't want to turn into an animal it just happened, his family treated him like he was a burden. Eric couldn't afford a better brand of clothing and the kids didn't like that. The ending of the stories was very similar as far a someone or something dying. 

Telley Williams

How does the second story you chose to read compare with Kafka’s Metamorphosis? They both fall into the genre of magical realism, but what similarities or differences do you see?

The story that I read was Samsa in Love, which was an extension of Metamorphosis. The main characters went through similar transformations. Both characters woke out of their sleep to discover that their bodies had transformed into something else. Gregor Samsa had become a bug, and in the second reading, the bug discovers that he has become Gregor Samsa. They both struggle to adjust to their new bodies and struggle to move and walk. In Metamorphosis, Gregor still has his mind and knows everything about the world around him, but he could not talk. In Samsa in Love, Gregor could talk but knew absolutely nothing about the world around him. 

In Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa is alienated and rejected by his family. He lives in isolation in his room and is estranged from his family. Seeing how his family acted towards his condition and how his sister had become distant from him, Gregor becomes resentful and depressed and stops eating. Gregor grows weak from not eating and from the injury caused by his father when he threw the apple, and eventually, he dies.

In Samsa in Love, Gregor is alone in the home and could move about if freely. He is unaware of the turn of events that transpired beforehand. Gregor's family is no longer a burden, and he is no longer a burden to his family. He meets the locksmith and falls in love, and he becomes accepting of being a human. This gives him hope that he can find happiness in being a human, while Gregor in Metamorphosis never finds hope or happiness in being a bug.