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hey caroline,

your point about cockroaches is very good. what's interesting is that in our post-modern society stories of rebellion have no become stories of security. we see the past as, "people who fought and thought differently were good and others were evil, of course the good triumped and our society *evolved*! But in reality people conform all the time and are too cowardly and unimaginative to do otherwise, so they take comfort in a story that praises them. "think outside the box" -- the ultimate cliche.

 ps samsa was not turned into a cockroach; kafka doesn't name the insect and i find that significant. just wanted to clarify that due to my title. i'd go into more detail, but ummm, there's this thing called relevance...