FAMILY DYNAMICS
As Franz Kafka knew from his own life and as portrayed in "The Metamorphosis," families possess the power to both improve and injure the psychological well-being of their members. Discuss the ways that the Samsa family benefit and harm each other, citing examples from the text. Then, use the family in the novella, along with examples from real life, to create a set of FIVE important rules for creating and maintaining a healthy family life. Finally, grade (A-F) the Samsa family on how well they follow your rules and provide your reasoning.
Ways that the Samsa family benefit each other is their understanding of things. Which seems strange, because this is also what can harm each other. One reason that that benefits this family is that their understanding of things can keep Gregor alive. His sister knows that something bad happened to him and she knows the basic things he needs to live, such as food and water.
Now, ways that the Samsa family can harm each other is their MISunderstanding. For example, Gregor's mom faints at the sight of hims. She just doesn't want to understand or understand at all. The father doesn't seem to want to care or listen to what anyone has to say. He ends up hurting his son due to his misunderstanding of what happened to him.
Rules
1. Communication
-Most basic of things. Listen to on another.
2. Trust
3. Understand the situation
4. Be honest
5. Stick together
Gregor's family would probably get a D+ because they didn't follow all of my rules. Communication and trust were broken when Grete tried to tell her to come in the living room and her mom didn't trust what she was saying and turned around anyways. Her father didn't understand the situation and tried to kill Gregor. It also seemed to me that the family started to split apart and had different stories and didn't sit down to talk about the situation at hand. Hencefourth, I give this family a D+.
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