I first read Kafka’s short story “The Metamorphosis” in a college World Lit class. Traveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a dung beetle. SETTING: Gregor Samsa’s house early 1900s GENRE: classic magical realism graphic novel This is Kafka, people! And my 6th graders are excited about it! Peace out! It wasn’t a Minecraft book or the latest Harry Styles biography. I kid you not, they were arguing over who got to read it next. I read a couple of passages aloud and walked around to show the beautiful illustrations. I read The Metamorphosis as book #10 of my 2016 Graphic Novel Challenge and booktalked it with a class of 6th graders this morning. Every now and then, I have a day where I am so happy to be a librarian that I could just burst from the inside. If I left school today after a high note, I would have had to leave the building at about 9:45 this morning. The moment is worth reliving again, so here’s my man George, going out on a high note: There’s an episode of Seinfeld where George Costanza decides that he will always “go out on a high note.” That is, whenever he does or says something completely brilliant or funny, he will just leave the room so everyone else can bask in his inherent awesomeness.
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