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The Metamorphosis: Besides the methods of publication, why were the ways…
The Metamorphosis: Besides the methods of publication, why were the ways in which he dealt with the themes of alienation and oppression more successful in his indirect, fictional exploration of them than his direct, non-fictional account?
Alienation
Letter
"You do charge me with coldness, estrangements and ingratitude"
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"There was I, skinny, weakly, slight"
"I was continually in disgrace; either I obeyed your orders, and that was a disgrace, for they applied, after all, only to me; or I was defiant , and that was a disgrace too, for how could I presume to defy you..."
His father was almost emotionally abusing, blaming him for what he could not control.
The Metamorphosis
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""You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and unnecessary concern for your parents...""
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Oppression
Letter
"Hence the world was for me divided into three parts: one in which I, the slave, lived under laws that had been invented only for me and which I could, I did not know why, never completely comply with."
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