"The Metamorphosis" by Kafka resists any cohesive and singular interpretation. The story hovers on the borders of funny and

horrifying, personal and

universal, and absurd and the ordinary

reality. How do you think the story connects the above-mentioned

extremities (realism-absurdity, fun-horror, personal-

universal). Give specific textual examples for each of these

binaries. How do you interpret Gregor's transformation into a

monstrous "pest"