I just finished The Metamorphosis audiobook. Two hours of Benedict Cumberbatch's voice was fantastic, but I learned how fantastic of a novella it is. Franz Kafka's work touched on so many things. I did not expect the story to be like this at all. It was rather bleak and depressing, but it opened my eyes.
How money can run a family's way of functioning.
How physical appearance can change even the closest people you know.
How limited a love one's sympathy and patience can be.
I felt quite dejected towards the end. Yes, it was a brilliant play on the "metamorphosis" that when Gregor changes into something ugly, his sister morphs into a grown woman. Like a butterfly from a cocoon, but the way the family just rejects their son with limited patience just breaks my heart. Especially when he was their financial support for a long time. Once money becomes thin, blood becomes as runny as water.
Anyway, I can't believe they don't teach this in school and that I've never been able to come across it. It's just a brilliant, eye-opening story.
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