Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Creative Blog numero un
After writing my essay on the topic of conformity, I've learned a lot about love and different people's views on it. For example, I interviewed my grandfather about the conformity in love and marriage and what he told me was very interesting. People during my grandpas felt pressured to get married at a certain age and work standard 9-5 jobs while people from my generation feel less inclined to follow such standards. But still conformity exists and will continue to exist unless there is a massive resistance. The same message can be applied to Kafka's Metamorphosis. Gregor Samsa's conformist ways are what ultimately kills him and if his younger sister Grete doesn't learn from Gregor's mistake, she too will suffer the same fate. The cycle will continue itself unless she stands up to her parents and society by deciding to be an individual.
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Brynn, your idea is so true. Conformity will always be present unless faced by a greater rebellion, this is what I wrote my essay on. However, for this very reason, I don't think Gregor would have survived even if he had protested against his parents. Without a support group, he would have suffered the same if not worse death than he did in actuality. His isolation was inevitable because he was different, that is not in his control, but society's.
ReplyDeleteSounds like your interviews revealed more than a few quotes for an English essay.
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