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:       

                       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

            A good link to Kafka and the Metamorphosis 

            Das Schloss