I think a common theme between The Metamorphosis and The Judgment is fear of disappointment. In The Judgment, the son is afraid of the father judging him, so he jumps off a bridge due to his inability to cope with his fathers beliefs. In The Metamorphosis, Gregor is afraid to get out of bed because obviously his whole body has transformed. He insists that everything is okay, but it isn't. His behavior and bodily features have changed. I think that both stories express the reactions of people that aren't accepted by anyone to a certain extent, regardless of if its getting out of bed in the morning, or jumping off of a bridge.
-English J tbh.
I agree with the idea of fear of lack of acceptance in both of these stories. In the judgement and the metamorphosis both titles show a hint in both stories about what they would be about. In the judgement the son felt like he could not pass the sage he needed to with is father and was judged by him and it resulted in him talking his own life. In the metamorphosis Gregor had woken up to his body being morphed/changed into a type of bug (beetle/cockroach) and he did not want to leave his bed in a fear of being judged because he could not go about his normal life anymore the way he used to.
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