Memento Reading Response

The memento reading was very morbid.  The fact that children and babies were dropped off and compiled into one place was inhumane.  I was reminded of Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World, where human beings were being mass produced in a lab.  Nobody was informed of what life truly was because it was being hidden from them.  All of their actions were predetermined, and if anyone questioned the government they would be killed.  The whole idea of cramming and selecting infants reminded me of the mass production of them in the novel. 

Paper Bed

Paper Bed Description

Gregor's room:

• Stable
• Geometric
• Minimalistic
• Highly contrasting 
• Functional
• Deep wood
• Rich blue
• Clean white

Gregor as a bug:

• Armor like
• Dark greens and blues
• Twisting and turning
• Slithering leaving a slime residue
• Injury
• Pincers
• Helpless
• No where to go

Wooden Sculptures

Calm

Danger 

Hopeful

Voyeurism

Wooden Sculptures Description

Calm: 

• waterfall
• repetition
• smooth
• downward flowing lines

Voyeurism: 

• invasion of privacy
• watching
• spying
• preying on
• predator

Hopeful:

• scraps made new
• rising sun
• falling feathers
• upward zigzag lines
• skyward

Danger:

• premeditated
• sharp
• sterile
• forged by killer
• eerie

Vocabulary for The Metamorphosis

Vocabulary for The Metamorphosis

1. Melancholy- depressed, sad
2. Dissipate- weaken
3. Arbitrary- whimsical, chance
4. Emanate- give off
5. Muster-gathering
6. Indisposition- dislike, disposition
7. Exertion- hard work
8. Bewildered- confused
9. Immoderation- overindulgence in personal desires
10. Swoon- faint, deep sleep
11. Feelers- insect limb
12. Ascertain- make sure
13. Scrupulous- extremely careful
14. Futile- hopeless, pointless
15. Frugality- extreme greed

Outline of The Metamorphosis

Outline of The Metamorphosis

Part I:

• Gregor Samsa wakes up in the state of turning into a bug
• He is a traveling salesman, trying to get his family out of debt that will take about 5 yrs
• Descriptions of Gregor include “white spots” on his stomach and insect like limbs
• Notices that he woke up late to his strict “business” of work
• His mother knocks on his bedroom door, and his dad soon starts to talk as well
• His mother is more worried where his father is stricter
• He tries to get out of bed, but has trouble do to the change on his body
• Soon the manager shows up to house and anxiety sets in
• The manager says that he must go to work no matter what and provide for family
• He soon gets up to turn the key with his mouth and brown liquid spills out
• Gregor opens door and everyone is scared of what he has become
• Father soon kicks him into his room and injures him seriously

Part II:

• Gregor has soon become a full bug, no way to communicate with his family
• He hears a rush and a shut door, realizing that it was his sister
• His sister was frightened by his looks and ran from him
• She soon brings him food and water
• There is a flash back to where Gregor provided money for the family,all were happy
• He wants to send his sister (17yrs old) to school for her violin playing
• The sister is communication to the parents about Gregors state
• Noticing sticky residue left behind by Gregor, his sister wants to move furniture out
• His mom went in the room to help move
• He doesn’t want his items to be removed to crawls on the wall
• His mother sees him and freaks out and lets him out of the room
• His father throws apples at him and one wounds him as he goes back to the room

Part III:

• He wakes up with an apple in his back
• His mother took up a fashion job and his sister took up a business job
• His dad is wearing servant clothes
• He daydreams about helping his family again
• Gregor’s room was cleaned
• The family hired a cleaning lady
• The cleaning lady is not afraid of Gregor
• Gregor’s family turned his room into storage and has three men renting a room
• The guests want the sister to play her violin in the living room
• Gregor is listening and slowly goes out of the room eventually revealing himself
• The father is trying to hide him and he goes back into his room
•  Sister is convincing the family to get rid of their thought of “Gregor” and move on
• Gregor passes due to the injury on his back
• Cleaning lady found him
• It is the end of march
• Family took days off of work to grieve and write letters to supervisors apologizing
• The family got rid of the “old”, and they fire the cleaning lady
• The family decided that the sister needs a man.