A State of Change
Isn’t it funny how sometimes we change ourselves to try and figure out what the conflict is, but end up realizing that we’re not the cause of an issue or the fact we’re not the ones who've changed, it’s the people around us. In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, he tells a story of a workaholic son waking up to find himself completely transformed into a beetle. Kafka manages to capture an essence of what it feels like to come to a realization of what the truth really is through a transformation yourself.
Kafka starts off the story by having the main character, Gregor Samsa, waking up to find himself struggling to get out of bed to go to work. Through the struggles of trying to get ready, Gregor does not once mention how he feels about waking up to find out that he is now a “beetle”, no longer human on the outside (33). Even though humans can’t actually just wake up one day to find themselves transformed into a creature, we’re able to wake up and find ourselves completely lost and messed up on the inside mentally and emotionally. This can be caused by a large amount of stress, anxiety, …show more content…
Gregor cares and worries for his family a lot, even before his “metamorphosis” (22). He is bound to taking care of his family, but with his transformation he can no longer portray the same role as he used to. He is no longer the caretaker of the family. Instead, he’s actually the one who’s being taken care of. ‘If [only] Gregor had only been able to” communicate with his family, he would’ve told them about how much pain “they[‘ve] caused him” (22). It breaks Gregor's heart to see his younger sister Grete taking care of him, having his father go to work everyday and not being able to see his mother; All of these things and much more reminds Gregor of the reason why he goes to work everyday and works real hard as a
Isn’t it funny how sometimes we change ourselves to try and figure out what the conflict is, but end up realizing that we’re not the cause of an issue or the fact we’re not the ones who've changed, it’s the people around us. In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, he tells a story of a workaholic son waking up to find himself completely transformed into a beetle. Kafka manages to capture an essence of what it feels like to come to a realization of what the truth really is through a transformation yourself.
Kafka starts off the story by having the main character, Gregor Samsa, waking up to find himself struggling to get out of bed to go to work. Through the struggles of trying to get ready, Gregor does not once mention how he feels about waking up to find out that he is now a “beetle”, no longer human on the outside (33). Even though humans can’t actually just wake up one day to find themselves transformed into a creature, we’re able to wake up and find ourselves completely lost and messed up on the inside mentally and emotionally. This can be caused by a large amount of stress, anxiety, …show more content…
Gregor cares and worries for his family a lot, even before his “metamorphosis” (22). He is bound to taking care of his family, but with his transformation he can no longer portray the same role as he used to. He is no longer the caretaker of the family. Instead, he’s actually the one who’s being taken care of. ‘If [only] Gregor had only been able to” communicate with his family, he would’ve told them about how much pain “they[‘ve] caused him” (22). It breaks Gregor's heart to see his younger sister Grete taking care of him, having his father go to work everyday and not being able to see his mother; All of these things and much more reminds Gregor of the reason why he goes to work everyday and works real hard as a