Intro

Unlike Kafka's Conformist world in Metamorphosis, life before Mao zedong was good and there was nothing to worry about. But, after Mao came to power it was an ideal conformist society in China. Cultural revolution took over everyone’s life. My grandmother went through this change she went through total redistribution of wealth. My grandmother grew up as a rebel. She was the one of her 6 sisters who would always defy the rules of her family; she had a pixie cut, which at the time and even now is seen as a very risky haircut. My grandmother was a tomboy in a time when girls were supposed to act like girls. She was truly a rebel and although she grew up in Communist China, she had a liberal view on how she wanted to live. My grandma was the opposite of Gregor, she did not let conformity take over her life and ruin her life. She made the best out of what she had and went against Maoist China. My grandmother was a pioneer and a rebel of her time. Conformity only takes a hold of those who give into it, as long as one is strong and fight off confinement he/she will never have to meet Gregor's demise.