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

In the texts “Bartleby the Scrivener” and “Metamorphosis,” both Bartleby and Gregor suffer a downfall in their society. Compare or contrast how being ostracized in their society affected these characters and how it ultimately lead to their death.

In Franz Kafka’s “Judgement,” Georg’s father exclaims that all this time, Georg has only cared about himself and no one else. Do you agree with the father’s remarks? Is there anything that Georg is not able to see or perhaps does not want to see like the example of the prisoners in “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave?”