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Posted Apr 29, 2021, 12:01 PM UTC
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i still don’t understand the original image and i don’t know where it came from, what dose it mean?
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It's from the book ' metamorphosis ' by Franz kafka. It's about a man who wakes up on an office day as a bug
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The metamorphosis being a metaphor for depression. So that's the context. Depression
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I did a research paper on Metamorphosis last semester, and I never heard or read anything about that, but it makes so much sense!
Where were you in October of 2020 with this knowledge?
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In the deep throes of depression
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I have to disappoint you it is not knowledge. Just a reanalysis from my memory of reading it like 8 years ago in highschool. What I was trying to say is that the cover of the book is used this way to reference depression in memes anyway.
How I came up with this interpretation is this.(sry, tangent incoherent rant about my disappointment in the school system coming up):
Basically I was watching video essays and character analyses on youtube and had this moment of wonder, when I remembered that I absolutely hated this stuff in highschool. I was stunned that the themes of the books we read back then (that being metamorphosis, perks of being a wall flower, Norway today and such) actually have similar themes to what I like to read/watch now.
I thought that maybe I just didn't understand them back then and kinda went through my memories of the books (didn't reread them since I dumped them all in the trash when I graduated. remember I hated book analysis back then) and came up with ideas like that metamorphosis was actually about depression.
I actually had always kind related to what was happening to Gregor but the kind of analysis we did in school was what u/Betrachus is saying. (you know the >thing< is blue to symbolize the >characters< deep sadness kinda bullshit) So I never asked my teacher about this stuff. I think if our teacher had talked about the actual topics if these books instead of metaphorical BS I would have found it very interesting like I find videos essays now. I think if my teachers had told me that metamorphosis is about depression I would have sought mental health support way earlier.
Welp, maybe this is all wrong and I am actually stupid but more people seem to share this take so maybe there is also something to this. Anyways have a nice night my dudes
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I think that’s definitely a valid reading but given how obsessed Kafka is with the alienation and absurdity of bureaucratic, capitalist life, it can also be read as a critique of the like, highly regimented, Taylorist day to day life of people under capitalism, and how thoroughly dehumanizing it is to exist within it - it cares not for you, it demands production. This also ties into how his family steadily rejects him as time goes on as he can no longer play the role of caregiver, and as their position grows increasingly precarious, they resent him for this.
The three renter dudes that show up and send things hurtling to their conclusion can also be looked at as the like, eyes of society casting judgment on Gregor, and by extension, his family (this also works for the depression reading). When it was just Gregor and his family (and things weren’t so precarious) they could still look at him as a full person, but now that society as a whole is looking at them, they’re shamed by their association with someone non-productive, and therefore not a full human.
I’m high as fuck but I hope that was intelligible because Kafka is one of my favorite authors
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I read that book almost a decade ago, so I must be really dense to have not made that connection until now...
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Don't worry. I didn't either at the time. I might just be wrong to
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Nah he's just turkish now
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Metamorphosis huh...
degenerate flashbacks
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GODDAMIT
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Horneh
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Thats literally the book I'm reading in class right now!
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Human < Bug
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Can anyone explain this book to me? I read it thinking there was going to be a message to it, but it's just surreal?
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yo wait I took a class on this
so it is very up to interpretation like a lot of Kafka’s stuff but I think one of the most cogent is that it is a reflection on the absurdity of modern life sort of in the vein of Camus (before Camus of course). even as a bug, Gregor still forces himself to act as a human would, despite his clear enjoyment of bug things like eating rotting food and hanging from the ceiling. this is similar to how he is forced to work as a traveling salesman despite his clear distaste for the job (and his family‘s ability to survive even without his labor). I think kafka‘s point is that the Extreme rigor of modern life (as evidenced by constant focus on scheduling and timing) is just as unnatural to people as acting like a human is to a bug. especially since Gregor dies at the end, implying that a life of hard work will kill you as well
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So did he actually turn into a bug or was this some type of metaphor
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its about depression
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Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. I read/skimmed it like a year ago but the main character turns into a cock roach (ahaha) and tries to go to his job even though he very much cannot.
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Lol cock (aka the penis)
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There's lots of possible interpretations. My favorite is that it shows how groups of people can suddenly become an underclass: think anti-semitism or HIV discrimination. One day you're just an average human and the next everyone treats you as inhuman. And of course the real inhumanity is the family, not the cockroach.
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It's supposed to be a criticism of the workplace and the exploitation of workers during the time. The book really is just fucking weird though
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I took it as a metaphor for depression. Samsa essentially locked himself in his room because he felt disgusted with himself, and the people around him instead of trying to help just started to act as if the problem was his fault.
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AM BUG
SEND HELP
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very kafkaesque isn't it?
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reject exploitation under hypercapitalism
embrace B U G L I F E
eat the Samsa pill, bettee today than tomorrow
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What is this subreddit and its obsession with Metamorphosis? Its a low key relatable story but damnn
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Because bug
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The two interpretations of the book I'm reading in the comments here is that it's about how alienating labor affects the worker or (my take) that it's just depression. Those two fit about smack square into 196s pattern. If you relate to Gregor maybe get yourself an appointment. should have done that years ago...
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I want be bug :(
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why
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Exoskeleton. Mandibles. Simple life.
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kafkaesque
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Isn’t this what the book is actually about
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yes
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im reading this book right now lmao
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Your personality may have changed since the start of the pandemic.
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Book read
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Kafka-esque
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Literal #BedBugHours
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Hey look it's literally me right now
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Haha metamorphosis meme funy
me like
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Very kafkaesque
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At least in the book they let him be bug
His boss still came to his house because he was late
Whole point of the story was his parents stopped giving a shit once he stopped making money.
This is a common misconception. His boss came to his house cause he wanted that cockroach slobby knobby, which is sexual harassment. The Elites had a bug fetish and gregor samsa had a tonka truck dumper ass (established in one of the first chapters). He is eventually locked away where they throw apples at him.
They throw apples at him constantly, which keeps the doctors away. Without proper cockroach medical attention he dies. A failure in every single way. Turning into a bug was a dumb decision, gregor. Could Gregor escape this fate? Was there ever a chance for him to be happy? The correct answer is who really gives a shit.
The primary theme of this story is labor is fucking stupid and don't eat apples. If you have a huge ass protect it at all costs as the boogwarzee (french for rich people) will exploit your ass. This work by coughka has been referenced in popular culture such as toy story 2, and rug rats movie.
Glad someone sees it too! My AP Lit teacher didn't agree with my opinions
I wish I had had the ability to turn this in verbatim when I wrote an essay about this a few months ago.
This way Kafka writes of ribtickling big-related sexual exploits is so distinct that any such literature that evokes feelings of big bug dumptruck asses are deemed “Kafkaesque”
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