Lavota Carter
Due: 1/20/09 Per: 7-8 M-T-Th
Final Essay
EXISTENTIALISM
In Franz Kafka’s work the Metamorphosis there are ties to the ideal of existentialism. This way of thought is defined as a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts. Thus in plain speak meaning that you eat what you dish out, meanwhile it is imperative that you bring meaning into your life. Without such things your life will seem meaningless, obviously, in turn the very thought makes the statement true. Consequently you diminish your “concrete existence”.