How To Be Considered An Outsider

In your daily life, there are people you will see that are considered not the normal, due to the fact they look weird, their actions seem odd, and or they simply just do not fit in. Do you think everyone needs to belong? These people are usually labeled an outsider. Would you consider this person as just somebody not the same as you or would you judge a book by its cover? There are many that would choose the second option, to judge a book by its cover. Outsiders are humans that are simply misunderstood. Everyone lingers for a sense of belonging, weather it is to belong to a group or just to fit in with the majority of people they are surrounded by. In “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, he wrote about a man who fell from his social order in his society and in return he lost his family, social status, and even his life. Transformation is the key reason that Gregor fell from his social order in “The Metamorphosis”. Belonging and transformation works hand in hand, one can transform into someone who belongs or transformation can be the key reason a person no longer belongs. At first Gregor fits into his society by going through his life and focusing solemnly on work. “The young man has nothing in his head …show more content…
You can be labeled an outsider because of your appearance, your actions, or even because your opinions don’t hold up with the opinion of many others. You may accomplish many huge achievements, and those achievements might not even be acknowledged once you are labeled an outsider. In “The Metamorphosis” Gregor supported his family, paid off debt, and even was once in the army. “On the wall hung directly opposite hung a photograph of Gregor from his army days..”(Kafka 145). Towards the end his family left him because he did not belong due to his odd appearance and abnormal actions. “Hardly was he inside his room when the door was pushed shut very quickly, bolted fast, and barred” (Kafka