In the eighteen years of my life, I have read many interesting short stories. Some stories were more eye-catching than others. Also, “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner and “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka were not at the top of my list. In my opinion, the stories were catchy because of the way the author made his characters react to the suspense and strangeness of parts of the stories' climax. For example, in “A Rose For Emily,” the ladies of the community said, “We didn’t say she was crazy back then. We thought she had to do this” (Faulkner 81) These two lines were said about Emily after people learned of Emily's father's death and they knew she was keeping his body at home. inside her house because she couldn't let go of him. of his father. The strange thing is that they didn't find it weird at all. Furthermore, these two stories seem to me like all the other stories I have read by other authors. Nonetheless, when I began to examine the concepts and ironies, the stories reveal an aspect of how and why the characters progress in a certain way throughout the story. On the other hand, not only did I begin to generate interest in them, but I also realized how similar they were in many unusual ways. "A Rose For Emily" and "Metamorphosis" develop a similar climax to each other as they both have unpredictable events, rare responses to those events, a theme that ties the theme together, and a twist to an ending unpredictable. To begin with, the aspect that caught my attention was the way in which the two authors, Faulkner and Kafka, gave the passages unpredictable events and another meaning to the characters. In "A Rose For Emily", Faulkner said: "When she... middle of paper... more descriptive than Emily's." Kafka described Gregor's death as peaceful, even though he had died of starvation. Kafka further explained how Mr. Samsa took his son's death. Mr. Samsa said "Well, now we can thank God." This describes not only their happiness that Gregor is dead, but also the relief they felt in their lives after Gregor's transformation. In conclusion, I'm glad I looked deeper. in these two stories. They made me aware of reality and showed me that things don't always go the way we want them to and that life always brings surprises to shake things up in our lives. I didn't like the ending of the story of Kafka's "Metamorphoses" because I would have liked to see him take revenge on those who didn't treat him as they should, but it surprised me as much as the story doesn't turn. it's going to end like this.