Two works in particular, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, and Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht show how society molds its members into perfectly cast models. ... Kafka's novella, The Metamorphosis, shows what happens to the average human being when all aspects of communication are stripped from one's life. ... This situation allows for Kafka to use Gregor as a tool. ... Ultimately, Kafka puts Gregor to work for him as a manikin. ... This common theme of man verses society reoccurs in many of the post-modernist works. ...

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