Final Response Great Works#3- Shawn Michael Bendeck

Upon the conclusion of my first semester at Baruch we have came across some exciting texts as well as many great works. Although this course wasn’t completely what I imagined in distant learning and literally being trapped in my house, I have made the most of it and gotten as much as I could from these texts, and also have gained knowledge I hadn’t previously had and can incorporate it in my future learning days at Baruch, but also my everyday life. We have read many great works throughout course, but the great work which I will discuss is, “The Metamorphosis.” I do feel this is a great work and let me tell you why. Metamorphosis deals with several factors such as a sudden change in life, but dealing with these circumstances and adjusting to them. As weird as relating to a large roach may sound, we ourselves can relate and we don’t even know. One day we woke up and found out our daily lives have been changed and completely on pause. We are told we can’t go to school, go outside, see our friends, and worst of all we can’t even get a haircut. This relates to Gregor and his new change in life as he wakes up one morning and is a whole large bug. However, although life doesn’t seem to be the fullest as his family could even bare to look at him he makes adjustments. He learns to live the live as a roach such as sticking to walls, enjoying eating garbage, and hiding in dark places which make him comfortable. This is just like us as we have adjusted to distant learning, and I feel we all have definitely learned more about ourselves and others and the things we enjoy. We  all go through times tough times such as Gregor, but it is in human nature to adjust to circumstances given even if you just so happen so turn in to a bug one day. The text also shows me how people can help one another in times of need, and you can always have that one person we can always fall back and lean on. We have doctors and nurses doing their best to help moderate and heal the virus working countless hours to ensure that our country can get back to what we used to be. For Gregor once he turned in a roach his sister instantly was there for him. She learned to understand him and his tendencies and learn more about him. She fed him and rearranged his room to his comfort. She understood that her brother was going through a pretty tough time in this bug life, but she hadn’t fainted and ran away. She cared for him and was there for him understanding that in reality the true form of that bug was her brother. The bond between really made me feel happy about humanity and showed me that there will always be someone therefore you no matter how drastically life changes for you. We should all look at this text and relate it to our current world situation. Nowadays all you repeatedly here is, “Times are tough, but people are tougher” but honestly it couldn’t be more true.