Eh102
Gerald Courtney
Movie
vs. Written Work
“The
Metamorphosis” is both a movie and a written story about a traveling sales man
who was transformed into a giant insect which made him physically unable to
care for his family. I will be describing and giving examples of his ordeal in
both the film and written work. The metamorphosis
film which was made in 1993 by carols had many differences compared to Kafka’s 1915
original written story. Many film producers do not stick to what the original
story line was in their film that they make, even Carlos added a couple of changes
to his version of the metamorphosis. The film did give a more visual feeling of
what Gregor’s ordeals were and how deeply they affected him (wikapedia ) .
Both
the film and the movie have their similarity and differences like for example
in the story Gregor’s was transformed into a giant insect, while in the film he
was transformed into a half human half insect monster. The similarities in both
works are few for example, the time that both of the stories took place. In Carlos’s
film it took place during Hitler’s rise to power, were as Kafka’s took place many
years before that happened. Carlos’s film painted a more terrible ordeal of
fear when in the film Gregor’s family was Jewish and had lost their bread
winner but, what made their ordeals more
desperate and stressful was when a Nazi showed up at their front door. In Kafka’s
written version Gregor’s inability to communicate was one of his greatest
ordeals that he endured in Kafka’s written work. For Gregor to have no ability
to speak or communicate made his ordeal more depressing, even thought he could
not communicate Gregor could still understand what his family members were
saying about him and their true intentions on what to do with Gregor. From Breckman’s
theory Gregor’s inability to speak came from his detachment to his humanity (Breckmen) . In both the movie
and film Gregor developed an appetite for rotten food given to him by his
sister. Gregor’s depressing and sad state made him so weak and miserable that
he had no desire to walk out of his room because he was afraid of what his
family might do or think of him if he were to leave his room.
In
both the film and movie Gregors ordeals had psychologically affection his human
aspect of thinking, including his sleepless nights and constant thinking. His sleepless
nights of constant thinking drove him insane the same thought ran thought his
mind nonstop “what has happened to me” (Breckmen) . In Carlos’s film
there was no scene that showed Gregor was constantly thinking and pondering the
question about what he has become and why . Gregor was worried about his job
when he realized that he could never return to work in his condition but, when
he realized that the company sent someone to find out what was up with his absence
Gregor realized that his job would be lost. In the movie no such scene showed
that he was concerned about his job. Gregor was worried about his family and their
financial security; the thought of his family losing their security that he
provides for them drove him crazy and insane.
The
loss of Gregor’s humanity stressed his parents emotionally and financially in
both the film and written story. If there were more similarities in the movie
and story it would be in the emotional reaction from his family members. In both
the movie and written story Gregors is falsely accused of attacking his mother
and is cased down by his father being pelted with apples that were thrown by
his frustrated and angry father that has lost all hope of ever getting his
human son back. In the film Gregor is being hit with apples on the roof of
their house, while in the story he is being pelted with apples in the kitchen (Carlos’s
film). Gregors mother was still hoping that her son would return to normal
but at the end of both film and movie her hopes would be cursed when Gregors
passes away. Her love for her son was so great that she pleaded with her
daughter to take her to see her son but, each time she left to see Gregor she
would pass out or faint because of what her son looked like. In the movie that
was shown more often and frequent than in the written work.
In
conclusion both film and written work show and demonstrate both similarities
and differences between each other’s psychological aspects of the written work
and film. The film gave a more modern and dramatic feelings about what Gregors
ordeals were in the film story. The written work presented more detail about
what was Gregors thinking during the time that he was an insect to the time of
his death.
Work
cited
1
Breckmen, Warren. kafkas metamorphosis in his time
and ours. n.d. web. 19 6 2012.
2 wikapedia . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis.
19 6 2012. web encyclopedia. 20 6 2012.
You should not add any url in you blog. If you want, you should create the hyperlinks. I see you compare the film with the original work. It looks like the essay just for the compare them. If that is you want, it is a good essay, but if it is not, you are better to type your main opinion in the first and last paragraph.
ReplyDeleteYour essay is good, and you did a better comparative analysis here than in the original one. You also used reliable sources to support your analysis, but the only mistake you did was using URLS in your work cited. You did a good job
ReplyDeletePretty good analysis. However, I feel your into could have been better. the opening sentence is a little bland. Other then that, I feel you did a good job revising. I also liked that you used plenty of sites to support you theory. Good job revising your analysis.
ReplyDeleteYour essay is well organized. I noticed that you did the point-by-point organizational scheme, and this made me understand your analysis much better. I agree with you when you said "The film did give a more visual feeling of what Gregor’s ordeals were and how deeply they affected him". And you show a lot of examples to prove this point. Also you have a great sources to back up your argument!
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