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aweonao 21d ago (image post) 216 thread views #323247 earned 320 coins from votes

Bookclub special - The Metamorphosis

!bookworms let's read this one for the book club, literal bugman is very relevant to our times

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LiveLaughLoveTheWhiteRace aryan/aryan 21d ago #7438974

So, verminmaxxing kafkacels, I remember reading that Kafka was inspired to write the bug's life book because of how his family reacted to him becoming a writer, can I get a fact check?

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LiveLaughLoveTheWhiteRace 20d ago #7439438

The Metamorphosis is basically how I felt having to live at home for a bit after college. Even if your parents are being nice, you still feel kinda like a big bug. Especially when they spot you playing vidya instead of working on job applications. :marseyneet:

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POONANNY they/them RudolphTheRedNosePibble 20d ago #7442147

"This story about a working guy being turned into a giant insect and desperately hoping to get back to normal so he doesn't fail his family is totally like that time i moved back in with my parents and was a loser instead of meeting my responsibilities."

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aweonao LiveLaughLoveTheWhiteRace 21d ago #7439081

Kafka had a terrible relationship with his father. He was fond of his sisters and his mother, however his mother would always side the father. Eventually he wrote a letter to his father venting, dozens of pages long. His mother concealed the letter and never showed it to her husband.

He was definitely :marseyprojection: his daddy issues on The Metamorphosis (see how the father on the book immediately beats up Gregor, he's also more concerned about Gregor being unable to work and therefore to provide rather than his wellbeing).