Alienation Of Gregor Samsa In The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

Throughout Franz Kafka’s high descriptive novella “The Metamorphosis,” the author uses the main character, Gregor Samsa, to reflect Kafka’s developing alienation and suffering. Throughout much of Kafka’s life he was alienated from his father and suffered with depression and anxiety. Kafka reflects these hardships through Gregor Samsa, who also suffers isolation from his family while trapped in his apartment due to his immobility as an enormous bug. Throughout Franz Kafka’s life, he suffered from clinical depression and anxiety. Due to him also suffering from Tuberculosis, a bacterial disease that affects the lungs, Kafka was unable to live the life he wanted. Though he suffered many health related issues, Kafka coped with his anxiety and …show more content…
Through abuse, Gregor Samsa was alienated from his father due to his figure. In “The Metamorphosis,” Franz Kafka presents the abuse through his descriptive ... “It was an apple; another flew at him immediately afterward; Gregor stood still in fright; to continue running was pointless, because his father had decided to bombard him”(Kafka 38). Here, the use of… shows the relationship Gregor contained with his father as he “bombards” him. Thus, Gregor’s father views him as an object rather than who he is despite his changed figure and in turn alienates his only son. Franz Kafka also expresses Gregor’s father resentment towards Gregor early on in the novella, during Gregor’s adjustment as a bug. Kafka represents that by stating: “ If only his father had stopped that unbearable hissing! It made Gregor lose his head altogether”(Kafka 23). The act of hissing represents the bitterness his father had, thus identifying that Gregor’s father was the ultimate cause of Gregor’s destruction due to the lack of support and comfort Gregor’s father had during his beetle form. In relation to Franz Kafka’s relationship with his father, both relationships lacked acceptance and