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    Character Analysis In the story Metamorphosis the main character is Gregor Samsa. One morning Gregor had woken up from his sleep and realized he had changed into some kind of monstrous bug (Kafka‚ 137). When he realized this he had tried to stay in bed all morning deciding to not attend his job. Suddenly his parents were pounding on the door saying his boss Mr. Manager was there and wanted to talk to Gregor (Kafka‚ 143). Gregor was a traveling salesmen for a company and normally they do not miss

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    transformation that one can face in their life. Kafka’s story of Gregor Samsa really made me think more about how the people around me will take any situation when I fall broken in anyway‚ and this is very crazy‚ whether it was the family‚ the friends‚ or the partner. And what Kafka wanted to indicate in his story‚ is more than one thing‚ I also believe that the same situation of Gregor and how he felt‚ useless‚ a burden on the family and the society‚ is how an elderly person feel‚ especially because the

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    Kafka‚ it is noted that Gregor Samsa‚ a young man who was transformed into a creature instantaneously overnight‚ was living a life that was less than desirable. Previously to being altered‚ Gregor Samsa was bound to a job at a firm that he detested‚ subsequently confined as an insect‚ and in addition was limited to a room where he was forced to watch his family as an outsider as they slowly started to fall apart. The excerpt below is a key passage to understanding Gregor Samsa’s utter abhorrence

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    In the exposition of this story‚ a character named Gregor Samsa is awakened on his bed‚ only to find out that he has oddly enough transformed into a giant bug. As the story continues‚ Samsa contemplates the struggles he would normally have as a human‚ now only with the added conflict of being an insect as well. He tries to go back to sleep in effort of trying to forget what he had come to realization of‚ which is his new form. Samsa tries to evaluate the situation that he had found himself in‚ and

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    11‚ 2011 The Deterioration of Gregor Samsa in Kafka’s Metamorphosis “We must try to get rid of it‚” Gregor’s sister directed to the remaining members of the Samsa family in the resolving lines of Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.” And without hesitation‚ his family‚ the closest people to him whom he had attempted to provide for his entire life‚ turned against their son and brother. Soon‚ his family would unconsciously realize that with every downward turn for Gregor‚ they would benefit and learn to

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    Metamorphosis‚ Gregor Samsa was a way for Kafka to show people what his life was like‚ and how he felt unneeded and isolated‚ like an insect. Gregor was a fictional parallel to the author himself. The two men suffered from depression‚ lived with abusive fathers‚ stayed inside most of the time and became physically weak‚ and worked a lot to please their families but ended up doing it in vain. Both Gregor and Kafka also needed the help of other people because of their own health. Gregor Samsa was Franz

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    Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka‚ the main character‚ travelling salesman Gregor Samsa‚ suddenly wakes up in the form of a disgusting and monstrous bug. Gregor quickly realizes he has no control over his body. Consequently‚ Gregor begins to worry about the possibility of him not showing up to the job he hates and is only keeping to pay off his parents’ debt to his boss. Gregor’s parents and sister‚ Grete‚ become worried about Gregor not leaving for work and they try to get him out of his room. They fail

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    destruction‚ and usually death. The novel‚ Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka shows Gregor Samsa as an anti-hero‚ battling his masculinity through his relationship with his father and society which is also reflected in this modern age. Gregor is the oldest and only son‚ who takes over the family by being responsible for the debts and welfare of his family. An anti-hero has an "instigator" or a partner who

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    Gregor Samsa is out about the town‚ it is a cool Sunday afternoon. Gregor is meeting a women‚ named Julie‚ which he had met a few times before. They are going to have lunch and walk around the park; getting to know each other more. Gregor is nervous‚ just like the other times‚ in meeting Julie. Gregor gets to the coffee shop before Julie; Gregor order their coffee. Gregor waits and waits and waits‚ but Julie never shows. He drank his coffee and hers while waiting. It was half past two when Gregor

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    Initially the fact that Gregor Samsa‚ the main character‚ has become a human-sized pest is confusing in and of itself. What caused his transformation? Why is he a human-sized pest and not a regular sized pest? Instead of thinking about his current situation along with the complications it will bring (like I was)‚ Gregor starts to think about how much he dislikes the job he has. "Gregor’s first thought upon waking up as a creature are not even related to his new physical form‚ but to his state of

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