My free read Middlesex by Jennifer Eugenides is a journey of self discovery through a journal style piece. Compared to the more dramatic Metamorphosis by Kafka, Middlesex evokes more of a personal experience to the reader, allowing for a fully engaging reading experience. In Metamorphosis, the main character experiences a dramatically unexpected change in both physical appearance and mobility. I feel as though my free read, Middlesex, can attest to the transformative nature of Metamorphosis through its in depth and personal analysis of transgender life.
In Kafka's Metamorphosis, the dark and urban setting of the main character's transformation puts the experience in a different persepective. The isolation and denial that both the main character and his family undergo is extremely visible in the Kafka's writing style. For example "the lack of all immediate human contact" that Gregor, experience as a disgusting vermin is seen here when his family fundamentally isolates him and stops caring for him and his room. The sense of emotion and depression is definitely seen here through Kafka's language and style.
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