His lack of an established place in society affected his writing profoundly as the whole Samsa family struggles to define their essential selves. Their practical selves have jobs and routines, yet other than that they have no distinct culture and are alienated from humanity because they cannot communicate with each other. Their ignorance towards Gregor’s pleas represent Kafka’s inability to express his emotions, and instead Kafka uses The Metamorphosis as a way to vicariously explore feelings of loneliness, detachment from community, and powerlessness. an author is never far removed from the framework in which they write, and the profound effects of Kafka’s conteNt on his writing have stimulated my realiZation that when analyzing text, the
