and awakening in a more literal one‚ a nightmare is a dream forged from the inner reality of yourself. In "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka a traveling salesman named Gregor is mysteriously turned into a dung beetle‚ which not even his family can learn to accept let alone understand. His family is now faced with a lack of money‚ since Gregor was the only person working‚ leaving him to feel worthless and like a disappointment as opposed to the importance that he once held. Kafka ’s tone and overall style
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results…”(Kafka 155). At this point Gregor is still hopeful and optimistic. He asserts to the chief clerk‚ “I have to provide for my parents and my sister. I ’m in great difficulties‚ but I ’ll get out of them again” (156). Although Gregor is in no condition to work he exclaims‚ “But what’s the use of lying idle in bed” (149). By supporting his family financially‚ Gregor is essential to the Samsas and feels needed. Without the ability to provide for his family‚ Gregor is no longer a valuable asset to
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Metamorphosis If Gregor was to relive his life‚ he should try to escape the house instead of staying‚ since he brought the family down. When he became an insect‚ he lost his job‚ and the family no longer had a source of income‚ and they started to decline. However‚ keeping Gregor in the house meant the family couldn’t move to a cheaper home‚ seeing as they had no way to transport Gregor. Gregor’s father‚ his mother‚ and Grete all had to take on jobs and rent out Grete’s room to make enough
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The True Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka offers much to be critiqued‚ including the reason why Gregor Samsa was transformed into a hideous beetle. The truth is Gregor had put himself into a position of demise long ago. Over the years‚ he had worked himself into both physical and mental exhaustion. Gregor was the sole provider‚ and eventually his family grew less appreciative of him. His relationship with his family had gone south. They were no longer as close‚ and it were as
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For one‚ the very name Metamorphosis hints to much more than what it is taken as at face value. In reality‚ it is not just the “physical” transformation of Gregor into a gigantic insect which is described as a metamorphosis; it is also each family member’s physical and emotional changes‚ one of which is their attitude towards Gregor. Second‚ Gregor being a bug is symbolic of how he feels like vermin‚ and he feels that their affection isn’t genuine. Thirdly‚ Gregor’s lack of ability to communicate with
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Metamorphosis and Humanity Essay The physical changes in the Samsa family are insignificant compared to the changes in their family’s reality. In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ Gregor Samsa’s life is turned upside down when he wakes up one morning as a bug. Adapting and accepting his life as a bug includes many rough patches within himself and his family. As time goes by his family secludes him more and more each month until he passes away from starvation and isolation. Gregor’s family is
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traveling salesman by the name of Gregor Samsa. “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” (Kafka 67) Gregor’s metamorphosis from the sole breadwinner to the paralyzed burden of the family drives him into alienation by his own family. Because he is unable to provide for his family anymore‚ Gregor ‘forces’ his family to undergo metamorphosis as they struggle to fend for themselves. Gregor is not the only one to
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Kafka reveals the challenging obstacles Gregor has to defeat‚ in order to save the humanity that he has left. Kafka explains Gregor’s internal problems in which Gregor has a tough time using human qualities and falls in the state of being an insect. With the transformation being hard on his family‚ Gregor wants to be no extra trouble to them. Overtime time‚ Gregor’s guilt is slowly building up‚ especially for his sister. It is visible to see that Gregor wants to hang on to his human self‚ but it
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man who wakes up finding himself physically changed from a human into an insect. Gregor‚ the main character‚ is a hard-working‚ traveling sales person that only wants to provide for his family. His mentality‚ demeanor‚ personality and thought process does not change one bit when he becomes aware of his physical alteration. To understand The Metamorphosis‚ a reader must first understand the main character Gregor and his demeanor‚ thoughts and reactions to his surroundings. Gregor’s character
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Franz Kafka’s Personal Life Compared with Gregor Samas Kafka is a great writer‚ who will take you on his journey in his stories and not lead you to all the right answers about what he is trying to say to his readers. Kafka wants you to have your own interpretation of his short story. Kafka wants you to ponder on what his true meaning is behind the story. You might need to imagine how he felt when he was writing this story. I choose to interpret the Metamorphosis as a cleaver release of Kafka’s
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