Rain = Pain

As you can probably tell from the title of this blog- I don't really like rain. However, I love snow. To me, rain ruins almost everything. Ironically and realistically, though, rain brings life and gives water to many in need. I like warm and sunny weather so when it rains, I get upset. I guess I'm just stubborn to not appreciate rain... Kind of like technology... :/

I am a technologoholic.

To be honest, I cannot picture my life without technology. I can say, realistically, that I use some form of technology every 10 seconds. I know that I take technology for granted. I rarely appreciate the greatness of my smartphone or my computer, yet I am on at least one at all times of the day. As I am writing this blog, I am starting to realize that the little things are what amaze me. Checking the clock: A process that is second-nature. I do this so often, but have NEVER taken the time to really think about it. I know, that last sentence was funny... Anyway, how would I post this blog without technology? I would not be able to. Unfortunately, my life revolves around techonology. I am a technologoholic.

Main Idea for Metamorphosis Essay

The main idea for my Metamorphosis Essay is to discuss the value of everyday life on a more personal level. I want to use Gregor as an example to show the possible, even though exagerated in his case, drastic change that can transform a normal life to something much different. I also want to discuss conformity in the sense that a person should live his/her life however he/she wants to. I want to interview my grandma to see if the way she was raised or how she raised my mom at all reflects the way that I was raised. I want to tie all of these ideas together and make a masterpiece!

Graphic Novel Illustrations

PG 1014 #1: Even though the illustrations present a sense of humor, they demonstrate the seriousness that is needed to truly understand the novel's point--the idea that one cannot predict his or her own future. I feel that these illustrations do a good job of conveying this idea because they reveal the true "vermin" that Gregor becomes.

PG 1018 #4: I feel that Kuper is more sympathetic toward Gregor than Kafka is because of the depictions that he presents in his graphic novel. Kuper shows Gregor's face which allows the reader to connect on a personal level with Gregor. The visual of his face implies that Gregor is still somewhat alive on a human scale. Overall, I feel that Kuper is most sympathetic toward Gregor.

Metamorphasis Vs. Heart of Darkness

Unseemingly, Metamorphasis by Kafka and Heart of Darkness by Conrad relate. Heart of Darkness illustrates how dreams create a world in which anything is possible. Although not many see how this relates to Metamorphasis, I found a quote suggesting the contrary: "What if I slept a bit longer and forgot all this foolishness..." (Kafka 946). This quote represents how dreams allow individuals to escape from reality. Gregor, a bug in Metamorphasis, wants to forget everything that has recently happened to him and go back to how reality used to be. Ultimately, the usage of sleeping and dreaming conote that dreams are perfect worlds.

Psychoanalytic Heart of Darkness Intro Paragraph

A dream is an artistically elevated project in which its creator has the ability to include absolutely anything to his work of art. Marlow, from The Heart of Darkness, has the capability to escape from the real world and roam his own world, a world that he painted “black” with imagination. Some view him as a designer, an originator who can live within his dreams and communicate in a “language” only known to himself; but others, pessimistically, see him as a “neurotic”, a crazy man, because of his illusion of living in a fantasy. A dream is an uncontrollable state of mind, physically impossible to predict. Calling Marlow crazy because of his unconscious creativity is shocking. Thus, the artists are geniuses for obtaining the ability to create an entire world, to the smallest of details, from complete scratch. To call an artist purely “genius” is dismissing his creative insanity but to call an artist purely “neurotic” is neglecting his inventiveness. Therefore, I view the artists as “neurotically genius”, a description mixing the beauty, imagination, irrationality, and maladjusted qualities that both Karl and Conrad discuss and present.