Do many families have a gregor samsa figure in them

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READ THIS! THEN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.

I wrote "MY GRAND MOTHER, THE COCKROACH" many years ago for an ENG105 writing course when I noticed that many of my students were being raised, put through school, and their lives, and the lives of their children and even grandchildren guided financially not by fathers or single mothers, but by grandmothers and even great-grandmothers. Not only was the family living in Grandma's house but was also living on Grandma's food, and greater still, living on a lifetime of Grandma's savings and money from a lifetime of work that no young family member could match. What amazed me was that a lot like the Samsa family, when Grandma was old and "used up," she died and the family fought over the few earthly positions that she had. They swept Grandma, her strength, her wisdom, her faith and religion, and her loving kindness right out of the door like the dried up shell of an old cockroach. Like Gregor, it is Grandma in many of our families who carries the entire family, who works, who listens, and who loves and believes in each family member. Yet, and like the Samsa family, we mistreat and don't fully appreciate our Grandma even when she is sick like Gregor or dead.

Even now, as many of you read this, you can't help but think of your own Grandma who is the rock of your family but who some of your relatives take for granted, take everything from and, still, treat her like garbage.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Does Gregor Samsa remind you of your grandma or a relative who gives all yet is taken for granted.

2. Do you think that Gregor is a rare kind of person or do many families have a "Gregor Samsa" figure in them?

3. Why do you think that the grandmas (Gregor's) tirelessly carry their families like they do?

4. Why do you think that family members treat and mistreat our grandmas like they do?

5. Share your personal connection to the Kafka short story. Where does it fit you? Which characters can you relate to? Which characters cannot you relate to?

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