great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

1.The Journey to Enlightenment is present in the life of the Sensuous Women. Does the Narrator reach Nirvana? Use the idea of enlightenment, emptiness, and/or karma to defend your answer.

2.Gregor from The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka has a tragic flaw. According to Aristotle’s idea of The Tragic Hero, What is Gregors downfall? Do you believe he responsible for his downfall or is his downfall a triggered by another character in the story?

Before the Monkey began his journey for immortality and before he was given the name “Wake-to Vacuity” one of the six perfections that I noticed was generosity. The monkey had shown to be generous when he offered to find where the water was coming from, even though there was a risk he could hurt himself. He also appeared to be generous by sharing that he found a stone mansion for all the monkeys to settle in which was referred to as “The Blessed Land of the Flower-Fruit Mountain, The Cave Heaven of the Water-Curtain Cave.” Lastly the Monkey was generous when he decided to go on the journey to seek immortality for him and the rest of the monkeys. The Monkey said “Tomorrow I shall take leave of you all and go down the mountain. Even if I have to wander with the clouds to the corners of the sea or journey to the distant edges of Heaven.” In my opinion the monkey was generous because he was willing to leave his happy life to seek something that he wasn’t sure he could find. The monkey was a king who was always surrounded by others that constantly praised him, however as he embarked on this journey outside of his kingdom without his pupil, he was no longer king… he was alone, which brought upon feelings of emptiness, which is why he was given the name “Wake-to Vacuity” which means an awake to emptiness.