Analysis Of The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka is a short story that enunciates certain psychological aspects of his life and influences the life of his character, Gregor Samsa. Franz Kafka often wrote short stories such as these because that was his way of expressing his emotions that he could not express elsewhere because of his father. His father was a large, successful business man who would often disapprove of Kafka for being himself, and not being the man he wanted him to become. He forced Kafka to study law, whereas Kafka would have rather studied literature and wrote stories, which his tyrannical father despised and thought unnecessary. (biography). He placed most of the blame of his unsuccessful life filled with pornography, failed relationships, …show more content…
Kafka probably felt hopeless during his life because he could not focus on his writings as much as he would have liked, his addiction to pornography, and his apparent lack of communication with his father. A lack of energy is another aspect of depression, and Gregor experiences this whenever he gets knocked down. His father kicked him through the door, to which he bruised and hurt his leg, but recovered. The second time his father threw apples at him, to which one lodged itself in his back and broke most of his legs. This can resemble Kafka’s relationship with his father, not by using apples, but by using insults or actions that may have stuck with him throughout his life. He could have tried at the beginning to forget some of these, such as Gregor healed, but his father continuously belittling him would have eventually left its mark. Getting out of bed was the first thing Gregor did, and this was enunciated in the story as an enormous task, shown when Kafka wrote “…but the next move was difficult, especially because he was so uncommonly broad…”. There were other simple tasks that were transformed into huge ordeals, such as opening the door, eating, and just existing. Existing became a task because he felt cramped in his room, became a nuisance to his family, and his very …show more content…
These feelings are shown through his short story “The Metamorphosis” by Gregor latching onto the picture of a woman in his room, described as “…a lady, with a fur cap on and a fur stole, sitting upright and holding out to the spectator a huge fur muff…”, whenever his family was removing items. He also subtly showed his sexual addiction because he never once talked about a girlfriend or wife within his