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The Myth of Sysiphus focuses on human’s life as on an absurd struggle between a desire to have a meaningful life and a cold reality. According to that worldview, the climax of a journey is the choice between suicide or … Continue reading →

1: In Franz Kafka’s “The Journey,” Georg is ravaged by the four of the five stages of grief, but fails to complete the last stage – acceptance – which ultimately drives him to suicide. 2: In Franz Kafka’s “The Journey,” … Continue reading →

In Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphasis”, Kafka intimates that there are clear limitations to familial sympathy. How do the experiences in Kafka’s personal life affect the way in which Georg’s family reacted to his transformation? In Herman Melville’s “Bartbelby”, there are many … Continue reading →

1) In “The Judgment”, Georg is very absorbed by the interactions he has with his father and the environment around him, with the belief that that is his reality. Is Georg in a position similar to the prisoner in Plato’s … Continue reading →

Georg in Kafka’s “The Judgement” has many unique interactions with his father, how can those actions/reactions relate to the five stages of grief? If more than one, name and give an example explaining how that relates to one another. In … Continue reading →

During the interaction between father and son in The Judgment by Franz Kafka, what leads you to believe that Georg’s “friend” is real or is not real? If the “friend” is not an actual person, then what is he? Use … Continue reading →

Do you think the father in Kafka’s “The Judgement” acts reasonably? Can his father be regarded as the judge of this judgement? or it is Georg himself? 2. In Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”. Can the death of Gregor be regarded as a suicide? … Continue reading →

Within Herman Melville’s text, Bartleby the Scrivener, we see Bartleby through the narrators eye’s go through different phases as the story progresses. Could these phases relate to the five stages of grief? The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, gives us as … Continue reading →

In Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”, we see Gregor’s family reacting in many different ways to his transformation. Through their varied reactions, how can we find a relation to the five stages of grief? Plato’s theory as shown in Allegory of the … Continue reading →

In reference to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”, while the “real” shadows on the wall are not real, what makes Gregor’s surreal state of being real to his family?  Develop a thesis analyzing the defining factors … Continue reading →