tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post863466605105680364..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Kind of Face You Slash - Day 10: Damned Fool Men with Their Maggoty Ideasbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-77993044627544344442013-10-10T14:38:01.852-04:002013-10-10T14:38:01.852-04:00The reminder, for me, was a very specific one, in ...The reminder, for me, was a very specific one, in that both find themselves in an unnatural state (though Tildy's death is natural, being a ghost is arguably not) and try, at least initially, to carry on with business as usual. As I wrote, I wouldn't go so far as to call the story "Kafkaesque," but Tildy's doggedness did remind me of Samsa.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-49417710708256717752013-10-10T14:28:23.503-04:002013-10-10T14:28:23.503-04:00I'm not sure this story really clicks with tha...I'm not sure this story really clicks with that particular Kafka, though. Samsa's condition makes no sense and seemingly comes out of nowhere, and the world, including those he loves, is increasingly turned against him. Tildy, on the other hand, is an old woman faced with the prospect of a natural death, which she resists desperately, with strange and unnatural results, and then goes on unfazed by her condition or its effect on the people around her. Whereas the world becomes a burden to Kafka's protagonist, it might be that the opposite is true of Bradbury's.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.com