Part I
Gregor struggles to coordinate his legs and to turn the key with his mandibles — slapstick of an alien body.
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From Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Gregor's mind remains human while his body and instincts grow ever more insectile, posing the question of where the self resides.
Part II
Gregor's growing taste for rotten food and dark spaces; his pleasure in crawling on the ceiling.
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"Was he an animal, that music could move him so?" The novella's most explicit posing of the identity question.
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