@Lightwizard,
Loved Philip Glass' Metamorphosis, Mr. Wizard, but I always think of Kafka turning his main character turning into a giant cockroach.
Kafka presents a conventional, respectable protagonist whose life is suddenly and permanently changed by a physical disability -- a "metamorphosis," or transformation -- which catapults him out of his efficacious complacency into a sudden confrontation with the greater questions of existence. This transformation, because it affects the way society looks at the protagonist, also effects a telling effect upon his self-image and spiritual identity.
"The Metamorphosis" opens with the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, discovering that he has turned into a giant cockroach. This metamorphosis makes all his previous activities impossible. He previously held down a job as a salesman; he can no longer do this because his boss finds him horrifying, and undoubtedly the customers would too. (In addition, there is the additional drawback that his giant insect’s body tends to get stuck in doorways.) Gregor assures his boss that "One can be temporarily incapacitated . . . [but] when the incapacity has been got over, one will certainly work with all the more industry and concentration." But there is no possibility that Gregor will be able to return to work. His disability is permanent.
Never quite understood that novel, buddy.
Hey, folks, how about a change of pace. Today is Ray Davies' birthday, and I like this song by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kp1n1tveCI&feature=related
