From: FrankLho.NOSPAM@rcn.com   
      
   My son is working on a literary essay on the novella "The Metamorphosis"   
   by Franz Kafka. This assignment came with a worksheet with questions   
   that the students may wish to consider in their essays. These questions   
   include:   
      
   "Why did Kafka choose the ending we have? How would the story differ if   
   Gregor lived happily ever after?"   
      
   This makes me wonder: given that the novella begins with traveling   
   salesman and protagonist Gregor Samsa being transformed into a giant   
   insect, what would the "happy ending" of this story be like?   
      
   If the story took place in the 1960's, the "Metamorphosis" happy ending   
   would be that Gregor would inspire an ad executive at McMann and Tate to   
   come up with a brilliant new ad campaign.   
      
   --   
   "All things extant in this world,   
   Gods of Heaven, gods of Earth,   
   Let everything be as it should be;   
   Thus shall it be!"   
   - Magical chant from "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"   
      
   "Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome,   
   Time for this one to come home!"   
   - Mr. Wizard from "Tooter Turtle"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)