4. Gregor is not horrified by his discovery partly due to the strong mental defenses his mind has put up. Evidence of his mind's defenses are in his ability to deflect, delay, and deny. He never fully accepts the fact that he will always be a bug and that his life has permanetly changed. He believes this to the fact that it hurts himself as he acts with complete disregard for his own safety. Kafka did this, I believe, in an effort to show how guarded and habitual Gregor really is.
7. This scene shows that human Gregor does still exist. He is buried deep down, and the habituation of his new life is slowly making him forget that his old self ever existed. This is Gregor's purest emotion in the entire novella. It shows him as something vunerable, something that only wants compassion and love. Something that is misunderstood.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Leaderless Discussion
The idea of whether or not it is the habituated thought that leads to repression or vice versa was certainly the most provacative thought brought up during the discussion groups. It's not any easy answer either. Is it the mindless and numbing effects of a completely scheduled and predictable life that leads to a deadening of the senses that allows for repression to take place. Or is it repression that bears down and refuses new oppurtunities. For Gregor, i think it's certainly the former.
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