COMP LIT 203 Study Guide - American Craftsman, Alarm Clock
30 Oct 2014
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Monstrous is a type of christ figure : stretched out, nailed down . Religious imagery with a twist: 4 : shows cultural background of protagonists. See him looking at the alarm clock and he exclaims god almighty - indicating. Kafka (author) lived in prague when it was austro-hungarian empire. P. 4: god almighty, heavenly father clothing is a constant theme throughout text. Kafka was probably influenced by folklore: 8 after the manager has come to gregor"s house and talks to family, we learn that gregor is an artist. Spends time as a craftman, making frames: 3 gregor emerges from unsettling dreams. Sister goes from being a domesticated housebound creature to perhaps going out into the world and blossoming as a human. Sister says we"ve done everything humanly possible : defines human in some way. Up until this point his life as a bug has benefited everyone else in his family.
