1915 story by Franz Kafka.
Incredibly creepy, right from the start.
From there, it just seems – from the main character’s reaction/narration – that it will be the same boring story of a traveling salesman with little attention paid to the fact that things have changed JUST A BIT as he’s now a huge insect. I mean…that would make selling a bit difficult, wouldn’t you think?
Fairly quickly, though, things seem to change…but very slowly in terms of how the narrator views things and thus describes things. Like a brain that is slowly turning from human to insect. I didn’t expect that, actually, and it’s an object of curious interest. CREEPY interest.
Everything just slowly and inevitably starts to collapse. Depressing.
Depressing because it is seemingly completely without reason; someone destroyed in an instant for no good reason, doomed to simply die slowly.
Inspirational Quote: “…simply have to overcome a slight indisposition for business reasons.”
IQ2: “It’s not fair it’s not FAIR!”
Grade: B