Examine the role of humor in Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka possesses a main character named Gregor that notices he has been transformed into a bug or dung beetle in the opening lines of the story. Kafka never tells how or why Gregor was transformed but stays focused on how Gregor and other characters such as his family cope with the dramatic and bizarre change. The way the family and Gregor deal with the transformation is anything but normal and quite comical. In “The Metamorphosis” Franz Kafka uses humor to define irony throughout the story and he uses this humor to become the sole companion of the main character Gregor. Throughout the story one might find some of the humor to come from the ironic effect Gregor’s transformation had on some of the other characters.
This goes back to character versus character since there are two people talking or acting with each other and it is conflict. In this c vs. c this is conflict since she is asking why he won’t do something for them. Curley’s wife loves to interact with people and they sometimes don’t want her. Steinbeck proves Curley’s wife is the loneliest on Of Mice and Men through cvs.c conflict, dialogue, indirect characterization. Curley’s wife is very lonely so she has to make her rounds at the farm to not be as lonely as possible.
Frankenstein enjoys spending time alone in pursuit of his unconventional interests. The protagonist spends many hours in nature, and after the death of his mother is sent away to the University of Ingolstadt (Shelley 40). In Ingolstadt, Frankenstein is entranced by his work and obsession with creating life so much so that he does not venture out of his home or meet with colleagues. Throughout the novel, Frankenstein often chooses to spend time alone rather spending time with friends and family. While isolated, Frankenstein usually attempts to console himself over some experienced stress or to further pursue his intellectual interests, which in the novel lead to more traveling.
She is depressed and the only source of connection was how she thought her child could not have handled the intensity of the ugly yellow wallpaper like her. This shows that she does care and think of her child, but her depression made her child another bad factor in her mental health. The mother in “Seventeen Syllables” has a daughter whom she demanded for her to never get married. She loves and cares for her daughter, and since she experienced the pain of marriage, the mother doesn’t want her daughter to be like her. Even though the mother started neglecting the family because of her creative job, she still showed connection with her daughter in the end with her demand.
His inventions are never successful, but one of his inventions goes wrong and knocks all the food down leaving the colony with no food. The colony is now furious with Flick so he decides to leave the colony and find bigger bugs to help collect food. On his way out of the colony two teenage ants come across Flick and they keep telling him how he has no chance in the outside world and that their parents think he is a failure. Flick ignores them as a little ant named Dot follows him to let him know how she admires him and tell him that she believes in him. When Flick reaches the edge of the colony, the camera pans out and shows how massive the world outside the colony is, Flick stops and has to make the decision to move onward.
Neville always relied solely on science but his mind was so hopeful for companionship he overlooked his reasoning and let her inside his house. Ruth ended up being a new kind of mutated “vampire” which he knew could happen. The new kinds of vampires were able to walk in the sun. His overlooking of science cost him his life in the end. All of these situations are the result of his isolation and loneliness.
He tries to explain to his father that he has blown him so full of hot air that he hasn’t been able to take orders from any employer, that all of his jobs have failed because he believed what his father told him when he said he deserved greatness. Biff finally realizes, on his own, that greatness is earned, not handed out like soup at a homeless shelter. Fortunately for Tom Wingfield, he already knew that lesson. He ran away to find his greatness and adventure, his destiny. He returns to the old apartment and it is empty, used only now by the spiders who have built themselves luxurious condos in the arches and windowsills.
Frankenstein From the moment that man started walking on Earth a question has always been asked, is man inherently good or evil? Is good or evil caused by nurture or nature? Is it a self-conscience decision we make within ourselves? The question has always been asked but, never answered for the simple fact that no one knows. As Frankenstein had finished his creation he saw that what he had created was a horrible monster that he would never want to see again but, the monster was brought into this world similar as infants were, innocent and unknowing.
The monster tells Frankenstein, “Believe me, Frankenstein: I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone? You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow-creatures, who owe me nothing? They spurn and hate me” (Shelley 87). The monster received no education from his creator, but he still tries to educate himself. He learns to read and takes the knowledge he gets from the books and tries to apply it to his life.
He went on a tour with Clerval until he felt he was ready to begin making the female monster. Victor no longer had the same intense feeling he had when making the first fiend. This time, he was making it thinking about the fact that the monster told him “Oh! my creator, make me happy; let me feel gratitude towards you for one benefit (Page 99)!” Victor could do nothing but think if he brought this “creature” to life he would have to take care of it as a father would a child, but this was not the case. I guess looks do play a big role in any society.