Frank Kafka is Gregor Samsa Franz Kafka's works read like the biography of his life. ... Franz Kafka, always an outsider and growing up as a Jew in Prague did not make it any easier. ... (Franz Kafka and Prague) and Moreover, as an "assimilated" non-believer, Kafka remained an outsider even in the Jewish community. ... According to Franz Kafka, his father had psychologically abusive tendencies. ... Many believe that these life story facts inspired Kafka to write The Metamorphosis. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

English Project - In the Penal Colony This project is a comparison to In the Penal Colony by Frank Kafka. I have here several excerpts from newspaper and magazine articles which are generally about terrorism and torture. The device that was used in In the Penal Colony was a pointless device. Ther...

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The "state of nature- of human beings was the focal point for many of the 1500th -1900th century philosophers. Many of these philosophers attempted to understand and describe humans in this original condition. One of the most intriguing aspects of man was the concept of human interaction as it pertained to cooperation and competition. Theories, hypothesizes, and explanations were plentiful and very diverse. As the various facets of man were studied, the exchange of ideas and information regarding human interaction created a variety of new philosophies. ...

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After Papa Monzano's death due to ice-nine, Frank, Newt, and Angela plan on burning his body to destroy the deadly isotope. ... Another truth of life that can be seen through allegory is a theme that Kafka discusses in The Metamorphosis, the enslavement of man to the forces of materialism. By turning Gregor into a bug that can observe his family from a different perspective, Kafka can show man's preoccupation with financial security. ... Allegorically, Kafka is portraying the level to which a human being can be reduced in the modern world. ...

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• Grade Level: High School