"The Metamorphosis" by Peter Kuper and “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka

Comics vs. Original

            "The Metamorphosis" by Peter Kuper is a comic book of the original adaption. It almost expressed the story and talking of original “The Metamorphosis”. It also had some change, or we can say it is Kuper’s understanding of The Metamorphosis. For historical reasons, Kuper changed some importance when he created the book, but it cannot hinder we read the work and made comment it.

            Kuper use the comic to express the fiction, so he had to change or add some details. That deprive reader imaginations, and it also lose some meaning that author Kafka wanted to express. It was unavoidable. The original work is not a good work to reader. It is a work of author enjoying himself and expresses his feeling, so the comic is a good way to change it and make it easier to read. The comic has its advantage too. It is relaxed, humorous, and easy to read. “The use of comic pictograms to encourage the proactive engagement of undergraduates in acquiring a greater appreciation of health and safety issues has been investigated.” and “The strategy marries the emerging literary format of flash fiction with modern communication to foster a synergy that captures the imagination of the students and markedly contrasts conventional essay/assignments/induction material.” (Dale) The comic can omit many sentences and use the picture to replace them. It will be short and make it more popular.

            Kuper changed some details in his work. In the comic book, the father is a fat, ugly and old man. When he draws the hero, author gives him a good face. As the insect, the face looks like a human face. It has a wealth of expression, and it is pitiful when people read. It is an important point of comic. The comic usually need to prettify advantages and uglify disadvantages. The author often uses overstated technique of expression to draw the most important things. Kuper omitted many details like the father’s feeling and the family status, and he highlight the things he wants to say.

            In summary, Kuper’s book can save reader’s time and help reader to know the story. It also changed some details and some original meaning. If we just want to know the story, Kuper’s book is a good choice, but if we want to consider the original meaning or know Kafka, it is better to read the original book.

Work Cited

Dale, Graham R., et al. "Exploiting the e-Serialization of nano-fiction to enhance undergraduate health and safety lectures: A back to the future perspective." Journal of Chemical Health & Safety 19.3 (2012): 23+. Academic OneFile. Web. 30 May 2012.

Peter Kuper The Metamorphosis

            Psychoanalytic "The Metamorphosis"

            The fiction The Metamorphosis was the author Franz Kafka wrote in 1912. The story talked about the hero Gregor wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect, and his family’s emotions from care changed to hate. At the end, he was lonely and going to death. The fiction reflected the people’s emotions change after people’s economic and social status has been changed. It also expressed the opinion that he wants his relatives and his family to give him the concern.

            Gregor took care about his family. The thing has not been changed during story. He was the pillar of the economy in the family because other family members did not have jobs. At the beginning, His family members like his sister was care him too, but after his sister had to work and earn money, he was the burden of the family. His sister began to hate him and left him alone at the end of the story. “Gregor's manifest physical separation may represent his alienation and inarticulate yearnings. He had been a "vermin," crushed and circumscribed by authority and routine. He had been imprisoned by social and economic demands: "Just don't stay in bed being useless . . . . "”(Coulehan) That was the defect of the society. He was useless because he cannot work, no matter family love and society pity. He lost all of the survival value when he lost the work skills.

            The story also expresses the opinion of the author. Gregor is the emblem of author Franz Kafka. In 1912, Franz Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis. He was not life by writing. His articles usually express his dissatisfaction. “Gregor Samsa appears to be based upon Kafka himself. As when Kafka suffered from insomnia he feared he was repulsive and a burden to his family, during this time his sister was his caretaker.” (Wikipedia) The story told us the things of author feared. In the story, Gregor lost the human outside, and then he lost the human custom. At the end he lost human heart and went to death. The author fear to lose his heart, and he fear others hate. His father was a man of assets. His father required him sternly, so he feared to get rejection from his father. The fiction expressed the feeling of the author reject loneliness.

            The fiction suggests us that do not change the emotion when the people changed, and do not be blind by money. We don’t being like Gregor’s family. We need to care about others and help others, not transitorily but continuously do it. We also don’t being like Gregor. We need to care our family, not only the support on money, but same on the psychological communication. The author want people to know after people got the concern, they need to give others concern, too. So that everyone won’t be lonely.

Coulehan, Jack New York 01/03/94 First published: 1915. Translated by Stanley Corngold.

Wikipedia the free encyclopedia, The Metamorphosis, web, 17 May 2012

Psychoanalytic "The Metamorphosis"

Blog Post 2 The Shepherd Williem Blake

EH 101

Hanyang Liu

5/16/2012

                        The Shepherd – New Historicism, Cultural Studies

                        Does the work’s presentation support or condemn the event (peace)?

            The Shepherd is a poem from Songs of Innocence. The poem is very short and it only has 8 lines. It is talking about the Shepherd is the watch sheep.

            The first print of the book Songs of Innocence is in 1789, and the poem The Shepherd was the first one in the book. The author William Blake is a British man. He was a student at the Royal Academy. That means he had a higher education because at that time, Royal Academy was one of the most famous institution of higher learning. In 1780, Blake was forced to join a riot. He is under an accusation, but at the end, he was acquitted. For the reason of the riot, Blake got the hostility from King George III. He had to leave the politics and the government and do the job about writing. Blake married with Catherine Boucher in 1782. After that, he had a few years of the peace life. During this time, Blake was teaching his wife the read and write, and he also wrote a lot of works. The experiences lay the foundation for create Songs of Innocence (Wikipedia).                          

             The poem was praised the peace and charity. At the fourth line of the poem, the shepherd praises the sheep, and at last line, the sheep also thank for the shepherd protect them. The shepherd and sheep are the representation of peace and charity in the Bible (Bible). In 1783, British lost the American Revolutionary War, and thousands British privates died during the war. British signed the Treaty of Paris and lose their biggest colony. American people had their own country and freedom, but British sank in the poor and chaos. Blake hoped for a peace and happy society. It is an important reason to why he wrote this poem.

            The poem’s presentation supports the peace because the poem praised the shepherd. The shepherd stand for strong and powerful ruler can protect the peace society.

                        Work Cited

Bible Meaning Author:  E. Swedenborg (1688-1772). Design:  I.J. Thompson, Feb 2002. http://www.biblemeanings.info/ web.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, William Blake, 5-16-2012, web.

18th century British society

"The Shepherd" Willian Blake a New Historicism, Cultural Studies

My question is Does the work's presentaion support or condemn the event?

              The Shepherd.

        How sweet is the Shepherds sweet lot,

        From the morn to the evening he strays:

        He shall follow his sheep all the day

        And his tongue shall be filled with praise.

        For he hears the lambs innocent call.

        And he hears the ewes tender reply.

        He is watchful while they are in peace.

        For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.

        

   The Shepherd  Note
Once again, as in the 'Introduction', we have a bright idyllic pastoral vision, but with perhaps more obvious allusion to the figure of Christ the Shepherd. It is worth noting that, in the poem, the Shepherd may watch over his flock, such that they are at peace and full of trust, but it is he who follows them, and is full of praise for their innocence and trust: the sense is one of mutual trust and responsiveness, rather than docile obedience.

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