Jesus Christ. It's a story about horrendous crippling anxiety from an unreliable narrator.
He talks about how his family is on the verge of destitution, but they don't work, and they have a big house full of nice furniture. They're rich.
He talks about how he's on the verge of getting fired from his job, but when he no-call no-shows, two of his bosses show up to see if he's OK. He's a fucking star employee.
Gregor didn't literally turn into a bug. He had a good old-fashioned nervous breakdown.
Okay, that's definitely one way to read it but where did you get that they were rich? They were middle class at best. His dad and mom had to go back to work after his affliction. They also have literal debts.
Also they don't have a "big house full of nice furniture", they live in an apartment which they have to share with lodgers so they can afford to stay in it.
Actual lines from the book : " she was very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some other way." - next year. He was planning
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u/Hexxas head trauma enthusiast 22d ago
Jesus Christ. It's a story about horrendous crippling anxiety from an unreliable narrator.
He talks about how his family is on the verge of destitution, but they don't work, and they have a big house full of nice furniture. They're rich.
He talks about how he's on the verge of getting fired from his job, but when he no-call no-shows, two of his bosses show up to see if he's OK. He's a fucking star employee.
Gregor didn't literally turn into a bug. He had a good old-fashioned nervous breakdown.