Metamorphosis vs The Hunger Games

While analyzing both Metamorphosis and The Hunger Games, I've realized many similarities and differences. Both books are very simple reads and have interesting stories that keep a reader intrigued. However, while Hunger Games targets an audience of younger kids/teenagers who enjoy reading adventure type books, Metamorphosis targets mostly an older audience of adults. But I do believe that while most Kafka's books are for adults, this book was able to attract a younger crowd of young adults because it is able to keep these teenagers intrigued with its unique story. The reason why I enjoyed these two books so much was their ability to relate different scenarios in the book to my life. In Kafka's Metamorphosis, "She brought him, to test his taste, an entire selection, all spread out on an old newspaper" (Kafka 23).  Kafka portrays how even though Gregor turned into a vermin, his sister loves him so much that she does anything she can to help him out in the beginning of the book. In Collins' The Hunger Games, ""I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!"" (Collins 21). Collins shows in this quote how Katniss loves her sister so much that she would volunteer herself in such a dangerous thing to protect her younger sister. District 12 hasn't had a volunteer in decades. These two quotes really jumped out to me because I was able to relate to them so well. Even though I can't imagine myself being a vermin or being apart of something like the Hunger Games, I could definitely see myself doing anything I can to help my brother or sister.

Metamorphosis pg. 45

Gregor is becoming more isolated and starts drifting away from his family as they are not as willing as before to help him out. He is very lonely and has no one to communicate with. His sister was the closest person to him; however, they are growing apart. He really wants to get back to his normal life and be able to work and talk to his family but he is stuck in this insect body.

My essays

In my Conrad essay, I thought I did a lot better in analyzing my points as I went deeper in my points and further explained them. I still need to work on beings smoother and clearer in some points. This essay was also different than my other essays as I showed my own ideas and thought for myself. However I need to fix some basic grammar mistakes, PUT A TITLE and also add a lot more detail.

Kafka group discussion

How Gregor is so attached to his work that he doesn't freak out when he turns into a bug and all he cares about is going to work. I agree that Kafka writes this to show us a message about life, how Gregor is so focused on his work and mundane lifestyle that he doesn't enjoy life. Kafka makes him into a bug to make him realize his true self and to seek enjoyment in life. With Gregor not being able to do work or any of his normal activities, I believe Gregor will start to realize more important things in life.

Metamorphosis pg 25

Up to this point, Gregor starts to get accustomed to his new body and starts to change his old mannerisms. He starts to despise milk, even though he used to hate it and also eats rotten food, which his sister fortunately brought when she realized he didn't like the milk. Gregor also sleeps under the couch now which portrays his new lifestyle as he's acting more and more like a bug.

Group Conversations

I thought our group conversations were very interesting to be apart of and also watch from the outside. Being apart of it, it was nice to bring up interesting topics and see others people's view on them and discuss to an extent where we weren't arguing, rather just understanding other people's opinion. Watching from the outside was also very interesting as I got to see how people interact with each other. It was very obvious who would take the role as leader or as a person just letting everybody talk

HOD Body Paragraph

"A law abiding morally sensitive man enters an avaricious, predatory, almost pyschopathic world" (Karl 126). Karl portrays Marlow as an innocent man who goes into an unfamiliar world filled with greed, questionable morality, and darkness. And as Marlow continues his journey throughout this new world, he becomes corrupted as his Id is released. Explained through Freudian ideas, a person's id is his/her bad thoughts and if unleashed, can corrupt that person. With the super ego (moral conscience) containing the id inside, a person is able to stay sane. However, Conrad employs Marlow's character in Heart of Darkness to show that a person's id can be unleashed if exposed to an unfamiliar, harsh environment. Even if that person is as positive and morally righteous as Marlow, his id can still be unleashed. With the circumstances of Marlow going into a world where people are corrupt and darkness is filled everywhere, Conrad shows the difficulty of a virtuous man like Marlow staying sane.