I am not emotionally strong enough for this - Madalyn Dillard

 Okay, I need to get something off my chest. I need to get this story off my mind. It has plagued me since I have first read it, and I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. I had no clue how affected I would be by such a short story. I’ve read plenty of short stories and few sentence horror stories, but none of them have compared to “The Metamorphosis”. Abigale did a fantastic job in showing how the  wording changes throughout the story to convey different emotions, but I could not get out of the ‘funk’ of sadness the story hooked me on. When I first read it, when I was younger, I likened the mother, sister, and father to the Dursley family from “Harry Potter”. 

I full heartedly agree with Emmett in disliking the sister, Grete. I don’t see how wanting your brother turned insect to die and him later dying is a probable cause of growing up. It seemed like she already accepted his death way before the end. If anything, I believe this shows her immaturity. The way she didn’t even care for her brother until the end and then going on to treat him badly makes me so angry and saddened. 


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  1. I definitely agree with your comparison of the family to the Dursleys. They seem very abusive emotionally and mentally.

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