There's a moment where he's still jarred into remind being reminded that he's still a like, abhorrent to to the eyes of his sister. Maybe this is one of the first kind of indications that se one way of seeing the allegory is of an old person. And somebody whose dying is is all the shame between teye, the kind of shame at their appearance. People are just like wool often, i think, express a kind of involuntary disgust. That's terrible. To feel like you're the cause of that, and it's not your fault, but you're still the cause of it, is a really tragic thing that is just part of life.
David and Tamler try to control their emotions (with varying success) as they go deep into Franz Kafka's masterful novella "The Metamorphosis." What kind of a story is this? A Marxist or religious allegory? A work of weird fiction? A family drama? A dark comedy? Why does a story about a man who turns into a giant insect get under our skins so much?
Plus a study that links insomnia to our fear of death. What a cheerful summer episode! (Actually we're fairly proud of this one... As always we suggest reading the text before you listen or soon after).
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