Comparing Bartleby The Scrivener And The Metamorphosis

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Modern, capitalist society has shaped individuals into becoming producers. Individuals are considered products that can accessibly be replaced. People are expected to follow orders and take responsibilities for any consequences that may occur. Some of the aftereffect may not be the fault of an individual. Consequently, companies may sacrifice their worker to keep their business from being weakened. Conversely, individuals in modern capitalist society are considered products instead of human beings. “Bartleby the Scrivener” by Herman Melville and “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka are both allegory of the modern capitalist society. Both stories illustrate that individuals have no value when they stop producing …show more content…

Breathing in a society where humans are not value is terrifying. Therefore, death recused people who are suffering to live. “He recalled his family with affection and love. His opinion about the necessity for him to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister’s. He remained in this state of vacant and peaceful contemplation until the tower clock struck the third the third morning hour. He was still alive when the world started to become brighter outside the window. Then his head involuntarily sank down altogether, and his last breath issued faintly from his nostrils.” (Franz Kafka 49). This declare that Gregor has a heart of a human being. His love and affection for his family is rooted in his heart. Withal, he acknowledge that departing from this world would release all his agony. It would even help his family’s accelerate their living condition by forgetting his existence. Yet it could also make them reflect on the memories Gregor appeal on them. His family’s may redeem themselves and sorrow about the loss of Gregoe. Overall, the benefit of death is certain because it releases all the pain and agony an individual have in their

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