- 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 Cave, we find someone who breaks out of a dark lifestyle after discovering the truth. In Herman Melville’s “Bartleby: The Scrivener”, can Bartleby be seen as the one who breaks away after discovering the truth?
Thesis Questions – Sabera Qazi
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The first question is effective by applying it to the five stages of grief, it may help others wonder more about their family’s point of view. Is there another way of coping the lost of someone important to you or are the stages relatable? Are we too quick to judge that they are heartless or are we missing something? I feel like the stages makes you think deeper as a reader.
Your approach for the second question made me realized theres a connection between the the theory and the book. I can agree that Bartleby can be seen walking away after everything while the Lawyer can be the prisoners who’s denying his realization by firing him. This approach made me understand more about Plato’s theory and made it more approachable for me to maybe use in my final project too!
Crystal Wong
Your first question raises some interesting insight of how in story Gregor dies in the end of the story and yet the family is going through the process of grief from the moment Gregor undergoes his change. Does this mean that to his family Gregor was already considered dead? Was he already considered dead even before the story began?
The second question in regards to Bartleby discovering the truth reminds me of the different types of hero’s, which may be another direction this questions could be taken in. In regards to Plato’s allegory of the cave I think it is also a valid question to ask as we see a change in Bartleby occur once he sees this truth. However is this change, cause by “breaking away,” as enlightening and freeing for Bartleby as it was for the man in the cave or was it harmful to his health and ultimately what led to his death?