...discussing...
"The Metamorphosis"
(summer reading)
with my daughter
...tonight...
She is
-- answering essay questions --
for this
"existential novel"
.......
I love to read.
I always have.
When I was younger,
I never understood
allusions
allegories
themes
character traits
motifs
symbols
I didn't want to understand.
I wanted to read for
...pure enjoyment...
but
as I sat,
talking with my daughter,
helping her understand
this
weird
creepy
sad
awkward
...story...
I began to
realize
how much
I really
...sort of...
do
understand
and
enjoy
delving into
the depths
of a novel.
(This one, in particular)
If you haven't
ever read
or heard of
"The Metamorphosis"
by
Franz Kafka
it is a story
about a man
who wakes up
as an insect one morning.
At a very base level,
it's theme is
how
random,
-- sometimes insane --
events
happen
when we least expect them to
...and how they...
-- change --
...us...
(parallels, anyone??)
And these events
can either
lead us to
...isolation...
...alienation...
...seclusion...
or
they can
catapult us
into action
independence
growth
maturity
...strength...
I hope
for strength
...and that...
after all
...is said and done...
...I don't wake up as...
-- a beetle --
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