Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka Existentialism Essay

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, is a controversial book that is still discussed today. There are many controversies debating whether or not the book relates to him in a personal way or not, and whether or not he was actually a bug. I believe that the novella relates to him personally because of the similarities between the book and himself. The Metamorphosis takes place in an apartment, in an unknown city, and unknown time. We can assume that this takes place in Prague during the 20th century because that was the time he wrote it. During the 20th century, existentialism and modernism was having an influence over writers and artists. Existentialism is a philosophical theory, emphasizing the existence of individuality and having total control …show more content…
Kafka was more like his mother than with his father. He was also closer to his mother than he was with his father. She was always there to defend him from his fathers rage. In the novella, Gregor’s mother was very distant but she still showed her love and care for Gregor. “Let me go to Gregor. He’s my unfortunate son! Don’t you understand that I have to go to him?” (Kafka 30) As the story progresses the love that she had for Gregor soon …show more content…
He gave the letter to his mother, expecting her to give it to his father but instead gave it back to him. Kafka wrote the letter to express his feelings toward the emotional abusive relationship his father gave him. “You reinforced abusiveness with threats and this applied to me too...When I began to do something you did not like and you threatened me with prospect of failure then became inevitable, even though perhaps it happened only at some later time. I lost confidence in my own actions. I was wavering, doubtful. The older I became the more material there was for you to bring forward against me as evidence of worthlessness; gradually you began really to be right in a certain respect.” (Kafka