The Metamorphosis Personal Response Patience Tram ELA 30-1 In Franz Kafka’s‚ Metamorphosis‚ a travelling salesman named Gregor Samsa‚ awakens to find himself suddenly transformed into a giant bug. Gregor faces harsh and resentful treatment from his family after his transformation‚ which suggests that Kafka views the world as cruel and exploitive. Gregor is introduced as the main source of income for the Samsa household and when Gregor is no longer able to work‚ his family is faced with financial
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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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The Metamorphosis is said to be one of Franz Kafka’s best works of literature. It shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need. In this novel Kafka directly reflects upon many of the negative aspects of his personal life‚ both mentally and physically. The relationship between Gregor and his father is in many ways similar to Franz and his father Herrman. The Metamorphosis also shows resemblance to some of Kafka’s diary entries
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Metamorphosis 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
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Franz Boas‚ ( 1858 – 1942 ) is a well-known‚ widely respected anthropologist and teacher often referred to as the Founder of American Anthropology. But there were other contri – butions by Boas‚ possibly not as well known‚ but in my opinion‚ equally important and deserving of recognition. Boas did not limit his outspoken opinions to just anthropology‚ he was equally outspoken regarding his opinions on human rights and equality‚ individual liberty and equal opportunity. And he did so
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The Struggling Life of Two Men Franz Kafka and Gregor Samsa’s lives are in countless ways the same especially with their fathers. Franz’s father was named Herman‚ who triumph in his business of clothing; slightly resembling Gregor’s father’s named Herr‚ who failed in developing an increasing business. Herman was actually disappointed in his son’s dream of being a writer; unlike Herr that was very proud to have his son in a well situated job. Both of the fathers were impatient and both decided
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a novella. The theme in this story is that change in one character leads to positive and negative change in other characters. Gregor Samsa‚ the main character changes into dung beetle. His change affects his family deeply and they make both positive and negative changes to accommodate both his change and themselves. The family resents Gregor and sees him as a burden‚ which is a negative change‚ but previously the family had relied on Gregor as their source of income
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Anna Ferguson The Metamorphosis: RRJ #1 Summary: Gregor Samsa‚ a traveling salesman wakes up‚ to find that he has been transformed into a giant insect. Gregor then notices his new body which includes an armor-hard back‚ multiple thin legs and a brown arched abdomen split into rigid sections. Gregors focus shifts to his room‚ and he notices a picture of a woman that he cut out of a magazine and he realizes how small the room seems. Gregor tries to go back to sleep‚ but has trouble when he realizes
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What would you do if the only person who provided for the family suddenly turned into a bug? In the novella‚ The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ the relationship between Gregor and his younger sister‚ Grete‚ was incredibly strong before Gregor turned into a bug. Throughout the story‚ Gregor talks about how much he loves his sister and how strong of a bond they have with each other‚ but after Gregor turned into a bug‚ that bond eventually came to an end. Before their bond officially ended‚ there was
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The protagonist’s supernatural physical transformation into a vermin can also be identified as a crisis of identity. After his initial perplexity‚ Gregor imagines that everything can continue as usual; in a comical fashion‚ his concerns with quotidian obligations (of getting to work punctually and providing for his family) remain his main concerns‚ through which Gregor is manifested as honourable. He contemplates: “Once I’ve got together the money to pay off the parents’ debt … Then I’ll make the
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