Some readers of The Metamorphosis have proposed that Gregor is actually insane and only believes that he has been transformed into an insect. Evaluate.

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Some readers of The Metamorphosis have proposed that Gregor is actually insane and only believes that he has been transformed into an insect. Evaluate this interpretation with your group. What evidence can you find in the text to support or refute this interpretation? Be prepared to share your thoughts with other groups.

Consider moments when Gregor and the other characters literally seem to lose their minds. How do these moments make the characters act and feel? By staging scenes where Gregor momentarily loses his self-consciousness and enjoys being a bug, the story shows how human intelligence may actually create unhappiness and suffering. Agree or disagree? Explain.

The golden rule of moral ethics says you should do onto others as you would have them do onto you. So what happens to ethics when the subject is a bug? Should we do unto vermin as we would have vermin do unto us? What if we can't determine what Gregor is exactly, human-vermin hybrid that he is? Which laws apply to Gregor?

By showing how much Gregor's identity is affected by the others' treatment of him, the story shows how identity is socially constructed, rather than an inborn trait. The most significant consequence of Gregor's transformation is not his insect form, but actually his loss of language; without language, Gregor loses the power to express who he is and control his own life. Agree or disagree? Why? Gregor's life as a vermin is a metaphor for feelings of alienation and isolation that existed long before his transformation.

Kafka’s narrative point of view is limited third person. We know Gregor’s thoughts and feelings only; we don’t know what the other characters are thinking or feeling unless they show us by their words or actions. In fact, much of the novella is a kind of interior monologue of Gregor’s thoughts and feelings, told by the narrator. This style has the effect of making Gregor’s inner reality seem more important than what actually occurs in the world around him. Chose one of the other characters, and using a specific scene from the story, create a dramatic monologue based from his/her P.O.V.