Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

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Must read the novella, The Metamorphosis

Attached is the novella in PDF and RTF

I’ve also hyperlinked 2 sites with a breakdown of this novella but this is just to give us a helpful background and obviously this assignment must be original costumed work. 150 words minimum, yes short, but not the point. This isn’t for a simple instructor; he likes symbolism, motifs, etc.

Prompt: Discuss why the author, Franz Kafka chose what was possibly a dung beetle (and not a rat or a snake) to personify the theme of alienation. As an extended example, show how universal this theme is by relating the isolation and alienation Gregor Samsa felt to something you, someone you know, or a group of people have gone through.

Subject Line: In all Discussion Board posts, include your first initial and last name and a word or two from the title of the discussion in the subject line, for example: J. Smith Metamorphosis

Click on Create Thread to begin.

Rubric:
Directly and completely post a response to the prompts in a minimum of 150 words or write as much as necessary to answer the prompt.	30%
Respond to two classmates. Please give a thoughtful response in more than one sentence. Give the reasoning behind your comment(s) and/or add to the information.	20%
Use standard American English grammar and spelling, with adequate sentence structure, correctly punctuating, capitalizing, and spelling.	50%
Total	100%

The 2 links for further interpretation:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/metamorph/context.html

https://eternalnonrecurrence.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/kafkaesque-an-analysis-of-metamorphosis/#comments