The Metamorphosis Lesson Plan

Alternate Point of View Writing Exercise

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to consider the narrative from another character’s perspective

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.B

Structure:

The Metamorphosis is told primarily from a third-person point of view focusing on Gregor Samsa and interspersed with his thoughts. Kafka focuses on Gregor’s internal experience of metamorphosis, but does not offer the reader access to the thoughts and feelings of his mother, father, or sister. Instead, the reader must extrapolate from their actions as they are described by the...