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Change In The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

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Change, which is a part of nature, is inevitable. Change can range from good to bad, and oftentimes will not be as obvious as, say, people disappearing off the face of the earth or transforming into an insect. Even little changes can create chaos, such as a single miscalculation causing a drastically inaccurate solution to a complicated math equation. However, the way a person reacts--positive, negative, or in between--is determined primarily by the change itself.
Change can be negative, both in view of the person and the change itself. This is evident in the novel “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka. In the story, the main character, named Gregor, wakes up one morning transformed without reason into a bug. Although his whole body was changed …show more content…

Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who creates art for the sole purpose of nature changing it. For example, he created pinecone-shaped structures from rocks and allows them to become engulfed by the ocean or hidden by plants. He explains how his art exemplifies how he wants people to view change, saying “I haven’t simply made the piece to be destroyed by the sea... The work has been given to the sea as a gift, and the sea has taken the gift and made more of it than I could have ever hoped for.” Paired with the calming yet slightly eerie soundtrack in the clip, it represents the uncertainty that comes with change and although the feeling of anxiety can be overwhelming, you can still survive. Goldsworthy goes on, “And I think that if I can see in that way of understanding those things that happen to us in life that changes our lives that causes upheavals and shocks…” he pauses mid-sentence, unable to describe it for other people’s experiences, and simply ends with “I can’t explain that.” His art, based around this natural change, is a metaphor for how he wants people to view change; the cones may be engulfed, but they are still there, and in the end, it still stands.
The response to change can and will most often times will contain mixed feelings. This is the case in “Life After People” by Dolores Vasquez. When humans disappear, there is chaos: “wrecks from driverless cars and planes… power plants stop providing electricity…

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