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Metamorphosis and Pastoralia


            "Metamorphosis," by Franz Kafka and "Pastoralia," by George Saunders are two pieces of literature that seem to vary in many aspects. One comments on the transformation of a young man in an average middle-class family into a vermin and the other on the dynamic of two colleagues impersonating cavemen in an amusement park. Even though these two stories differ in subject matter, they both discuss 'change' that takes place within the main characters and the social implications that such a change has. .
             Gregor, suffers from physical transformation as one day he wakes up from his sleep to realize that he's a vermin (Kafka 1). He realizes that he has lost all of his human like features and attributes including his voice. On the other hand the narrator in "Pastoralia" is an average hardworking salary earning guy who does not suffer such an abrupt transformation but rather gradually changes as the story progresses. The situation he finds himself in and the attitude of the owners of the amusement park towards him influence him to such a great extent that he lodges a complaint about his colleague who he for the majority of story, deeply sympathizes with. Both pieces of literature are centered around the sorrow that follows coping with the harsh realities of life. .
             Gregor is the sole breadwinner of the family and he hardly has time to spend on his own or do anything he likes, and it is hard for him to make ends meet. When he wakes up one fine day only to see himself being transformed into a vermin, rather than worrying about his physical state the only thing he is worried about is how he could get to work, or what his employers would think of him (Kafka 1). This can be seen as an extreme case of helplessness as Gregor cannot even think of his family surviving without the money he brings in. In a way can even be looked as being transformed into a bug because of the treatment he receives from those within his social circle.


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