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For [MONTH], we're reading The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka!

Trigger warning(s):
(view spoiler)[animal cruelty (hide spoiler)]

CHECK-IN DATES ✨

★ 15/06: part 1
☆ 22/06: part 2
★ 29/06 part 3

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Please read through the given chapter. This means that you should finish part 1 for the first check-in, and part 2 for the second check-in.

It is okay if you're ahead of or behind schedule. Feel free to read at your own pace, but please remember to hide spoilers and add a small note of which chapters they impact (additionally, be wary about which spoilers you click if you're behind on the reading). You're always welcome to answer check-in questions, even if you're late!

15/06 | CHECK-IN 01 | The Metamorphosis ✨
Questions, as well as responses, may contain spoilers for part 1! Please mark your responses appropriately. Info on how to spoil messages can be found in "(some html is okay)" directly above your comment box.

★ QUESTIONS

1. (view spoiler)[What do you think of Gregor's job as a salesman and of his dedication to working? (hide spoiler)]

2. (view spoiler)[How would you feel if you woke up one day as a vermin? (hide spoiler)]

3. (view spoiler)[In the novel Gregor is described as a “horrible vermin” and most people have accepted him to be a cockroach. Is there another bug you can see him as? (hide spoiler)]

4. (view spoiler)[How does Gregor's inability to properly communicate affect his relationship with his family? (hide spoiler)]

29/06 | CHECK-IN 03 | The Metamorphosis ✨
Questions, as well as responses, may contain spoilers for part 3! Please mark your responses appropriately. Info on how to spoil messages can be found in "(some html is okay)" directly above your comment box.

★ QUESTIONS

1. (view spoiler)[What does the transformation done to Gregor’s room symbolize in your opinion? (hide spoiler)]

2. (view spoiler)[How do you feel about Greta wanting Gregor to die? What about the ending as a whole? (hide spoiler)]

3. Do you feel like Kafka’s history of mental health issues might have affected his writing?

4. One of the meanings of Metamorphosis is “the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.” Can you argue this is the case in the novel?