Theory of Knowledge: International Baccalaureate

 

 

 

 

 

click on the portraits of Hurston and

Kafka for additional links

 

          

                                                 Their Eyes Were Watching God      

                                                                       by Zora Neale Hurston

    Janie Crawford struggles with the expectations of others in  

 

    her search for personal freedom. She experiences the first

 

   inklings of  sexual awakening, self-knowledge, and personal

 

   freedom.

         

    

        Several good links to Zora Neale Hurston:       

        Voices From the Gap           

       Read an excerpt from Ms. Hurston's brilliant personal essay

       "How it Feels to be Colored Me"

Kafka                                                      Hurston

                                                                               

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                          

                                                     

                                                                        

                                                                

 

 

  

 

                                                                                          

 

 

 

                                                     The Metamorphosis   by  Franz Kafka   

       Gregor Samsa wakes to find he has transformed into a large dung beetle. 

       He must now struggle to adjust to his new, frightening state and confront his family.   

          Click on the illustration above for an animated clip of the Metamorphosis

         Several good links to Kafka and the Metamorphosis