Today we focused on interpreting textual passages illustrative of the motifs of alienation/lack of communication .Aiden astutely noted that Gregor has done nothing to deserve his fate-becoming a cockroach- which I explained is exactly Kafka's perspective : a senseless ,illogical world where one futilely struggles to find or to create meaning in the face of persection. We further explored the role of modern commercialism as a cause for Man's alienation and noted examples of alienation in the text such as the persistence of closed doors and Gregor's longing to be "included in the circle of humanity." Critically, we began to examine how Gregor , a bug, is more human than the human characters in the story, a developing theme.