Kafka's Metamorphosis In The Light Of Freudian Psychological Theory

Crumbling of a Mind
(An analysis of Kafka’s Metamorphosis in the Light of Freudian Psychological Theory.) The human mind is very complex. It is nearly impossible to understand all of the different parts that each individual mind has. Sigmund Freud spent his whole life studying the mind and how it works. He elaborated the theory of the mind and how it is a very complex energy system and the study of psychology. He also refined the concepts of the unconscious and subconscious. He proposed a tripartite idea of the mind's structure. "Sigmund Freud's ideas to connect neuroscience with psychoanalysis in order to understand the function of the human brain" (McGowan). Freud created theories that changed the way that the world considered the human
The way that his family reacted is one that is seems to be normal when the average person thinks about it, but throughout the course of the story his family continues to not want to have him be a part of their life, even though they were still trying to be able to support themselves now that he could not work. "Pitilessly his father came on, hissing like a wild man... If only his father did not keep making this intolerable hissing sound! It made Gregor lose his head completely" (1123). Every character, especially his father. Gregor has also been transformed throughout this text, he has changed from a man who supported his family and has turned into an insect that his family is scared of. His sister begins to take care of him, but slacks off leaving him sick and starving, but refusing to allow anyone else to care for him. "Psychoanalysis as a materialist discourse focusing on the anxious fascination provoked by dead bodies, or representations of dead bodies, in early modern culture" (Zimmerman 101). This story is one that uses this modern psychoanalysis with how Gregor seems to become more and more separated from his family and from his previous self. He seems to even change within himself and his own personality with how much it has changed throughout the course of the story. His change changes
Freud's story is not very long, in truth is one of the shorter great stories of history. It has been said that Freud's work, although it is considered to be very short in terms of words and length, is one of the most " darkly humorous" and "enjoyable" stories to read, even for teenagers (Watson 22). The human mind has a multitude of layers and functions. Sigmund Freud studied the mind and how it worked for his whole life. He elaborated the theory of the mind and how it is a very complex energy system and the study of psychology, he also refined the concepts of the unconscious and proposed a tripartite account of the mind's structure. Metamorphosis is a story that will continue to allow students to read and process what is actually going on in a person's mind. It is as if this story is one that tries to trick its readers into thinking it is reading an enjoyable story, when in truth it is a dark story about the interworkings of the human