Metamorphized Metamorphosis

CONTENT WARNING: Contains visuals of cockroaches and cockroach-human hybrids

"From the mind of a man who died; starved, but made not unknown.

To the hearts of so many, Who feel so alone.

To the little bugs under the shoes of giants,

To the one who struggles to be free of their bed,

May the sheep once preyed upon become lions, May the sword come down on Goliath’ head."

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A uni project involving the redesign of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis to recontextualize the text or otherwise provide a new perspective.

Due to cultural osmosis spoiling the type of “vermin” that the protagonist Gregor Samsa turns into, I thought it would be much more interesting to illustrate a more gradual transformation that leads to the start of the novel.