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It's summer, long days for reading cool books.

(If you're reading theory, maybe also hit us up with a cool quote you've read lately if there's something poetic that sticks out!)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been re-reading Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and suspecting that Gregor Samsa did not actually turn into a beetle. I think it’s all in his head and that he’s just crazy and thinks he’s an insect. I think this because:

  • he gets transformed into a “vermin,” which could actually be a person;
  • Kafka’s father, with whom he had a Freudian relationship, frequently called people he disliked “vermin”;
  • Kafka said that the “vermin” should not be illustrated at all;
  • does Gregor’s family really act like they’re in the same house as a giant beetle or a crazy person?